It was a weird year for Vonn, who tore her ACL, divorced her husband and paired with Tiger Woods all in a 12-month span. Considering she’s still recovering from an aggravation to that ACL, her 2014 Winter Olympics status is still up in the air as the calendar turns.
How about the year this kid had? After being named the long-term starter over Alex Smith, Kaep led the 49ers on an improbable run to the Super Bowl with no prior starting quarterback experience in the NFL. Add in his tattoo stories, and you’ve got a top search term.
The retirement party for Lewis got put off again and again as the Ravens continued their march to an improbable Super Bowl win in Ray’s final season. Like John Elway and Jerome Bettis before him, Lewis went out on top.
Where do we start with this one? No one knew who Incognito was (no pun intended) until he made headlines for bullying a fellow 300-pound NFL lineman. Wow, that last sentence had more oxymorons than a Mike Shanahan therapy session.
Odom hasn’t played in the 2013-14 NBA season after playing the 2012-13 campaign with the Clippers. He is most searched for his relationship with Khloe Kardashian, mysterious disappearance and rumors of drug use. Those three things in one year will definitely put a man on this list.
In one year, Pistorius went from beloved inspiration story to hated villain. When his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot to death during the night, Pistrious claimed he thought she was an intruder. Needless to say, searches for South Africa’s most famous athlete were through the roof in his home country.
Want to make a splash? Announce that you’re a gay, active NBA player on the cover of Sports Illustrated with no prior warning. Collins became an overnight sensation…and still didn’t land a spot on an NBA roster for the 2013-14 season.
He didn’t get to play in the championship game, but Kevin Ware was the ultimate sad-turned-feel-good story of 2013 when he broke shin bone during Louisville’s NCAA Tournament title run. Searches for the video of his injury definitely boosted his spot on this list.
Winning the MVP of the 2012-13 NFL season didn’t put AD this high on the list — it was the tragic death of his two-year-old son, who he reportedly never met.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it ain’t a banty rooster. Hernandez’s arrest and murder trial easily put him at the top of this list just a year after he made the Pro Bowl in his sophomore season with the Patriots.
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