By Terri Washington @Terri7589 on September 21, 2014
15 Athletes Who Look Like Big Bullies
Elsa - Getty Images
Athletes are fierce competitors. Sometimes the competition aspect goes a little overboard and it dives into bullying. These athletes look like the biggest of the bullies.
15. Zach Randolph
Joe Murphy - Getty Images
15. Zach Randolph
Joe Murphy - Getty Images
Randolph looks very intimidating. He is really only a bully towards Blake Griffin, but he’s been known to be a devoted member of the Memphis community.
14. Kobe Bryant
Stacy Revere - Getty Images
14. Kobe Bryant
Stacy Revere - Getty Images
Bryant doesn’t look like he bullies the competition; he looks like he bullies everyone. He can be imagined saying something similar to, "I’m Kobe Bryant. You aren’t Kobe Bryant. That must feel terrible."
13. Michael Irvin
Chris Graythen - Getty Images
13. Michael Irvin
Chris Graythen - Getty Images
He says controversial things, he does controversial things and Irvin seems like more of a jerk than a bully, but they go hand-in-hand.
12. Jim Everett
Jed Jacobsohn - Getty Images
12. Jim Everett
Jed Jacobsohn - Getty Images
Everett is the king of excuses. His famous “Phantom Sack” is laughable and his Jim Rome interview is epic. You can’t put your finger in the face of another grown man, bullying him to stop calling you names and think he won’t go toe-to-toe with you.
11. Jim Brown
Jim McIsaac - Getty Images
11. Jim Brown
Jim McIsaac - Getty Images
Brown is a great NFL player and he knows it. He has previously bullied his wife's car and the people at a major gaming company.
10. Barry Bonds
Mike Zarrilli - Getty Images
10. Barry Bonds
Mike Zarrilli - Getty Images
There are several incidents of Bonds being a jerk and bullying people; most of the accounts are in the book Love Me, Hate Me.
9. J.R. Smith
Nathaniel S. Butler - Getty Images
9. J.R. Smith
Nathaniel S. Butler - Getty Images
He unties shoes and he threatens people through social media. Smith doesn’t know how to chill out.
8. Kevin Garnett
David Sherman - Getty Images
8. Kevin Garnett
David Sherman - Getty Images
He’s been known to give players a hard time. In 2013, there were rumors stating that on the court, he taunted Carmelo Anthony, saying his wife “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios.”
7. Richard Sherman
Otto Gruele Jr. - Getty Images
7. Richard Sherman
Otto Gruele Jr. - Getty Images
“Don’t you open your mouth about the best!” We all paused awkwardly when that happened; Sherman doesn’t seem like a very level-headed guy, especially when it comes to his competition.
6. Richard Petty
Brain Cleary - Getty Images
6. Richard Petty
Brain Cleary - Getty Images
Do you expect the best in the sport to be nice? The King doesn’t like Danica Patrick, even claiming he’d come out of retirement just to race her. He said the only way Patrick could win at the NASCAR level is “if everybody else stayed home.” Regardless of whether or not it’s true, because Patrick is the only woman in a sea of men, it seems like bullying.
5. Ron Artest/Metta World Peace
Allen Einstein - Getty Images
5. Ron Artest/Metta World Peace
Allen Einstein - Getty Images
Peace is known to bring the malice to the palace, celebrate way too vigorously and change his name to make you think he’s not going to bully you.
4. Mike Tyson
Chris Hyde - Getty Images
4. Mike Tyson
Chris Hyde - Getty Images
There’s no better word to describe Tyson than disrespectful. He bites the ear of his opponent, he curses on national television and up until recently, he took himself way too seriously, arguing with anyone who didn’t think as highly of him as he did himself.
3. Demarcus Cousins
Kevin C. Cox - Getty Images
3. Demarcus Cousins
Kevin C. Cox - Getty Images
He doesn’t congratulate teams after they beat his team, he pulls his teammates away so that they follow suit and in 2012, he was suspended after confronting a commentator after he mentioned his attempt to bully Tim Duncan.
2. Floyd Mayweather
Al Bello - Getty Images
2. Floyd Mayweather
Al Bello - Getty Images
In 2011, Mayweather called into a radio station to argue with radio host, Rude Jude, who said Mayweather “ducks” fights and his bouts are boring. Mayweather couldn’t let it go and attempted to lay into the radio host by calling him homophobic slurs and claiming he was being racist towards him.
1. Tonya Harding
Mike Powell - Getty Images
1. Tonya Harding
Mike Powell - Getty Images
Her bullying went a little too far. She allegedly ordered an assault on Nancy Kerrigan and plead guilty to conspiring to hinder prosecution of the attackers.
Terri Washington is a Los Angeles Clippers writer for www.RantSports.com . Follow her on Twitter @Terri7589 , “Like” her on Facebook or add her to your network on Google .