Sports Stars Who Ruined Their Careers In Seconds

How the powerful have fallen. These once-bright

stars

destroyed

their

careers

and personal lives with terrible behavior and deplorable actions. From Lance Armstrong to Tonya Harding, find out which athletes

ruined

their

careers

in one fell swoop. Hope Solo "I have a fighter in me, a fighting spirit and I embrace it because I am passionate about my sport and what I do." Hope Solo's downfall began in 2012 when he tested positive for a banned substance, according to Us Weekly. He claimed not to know that the medication he was taking contained the illegal drug. Then in 2014, things got even uglier for Solo.

She was only arrested for domestic violence when she got into a fight with her half-sister and her nephew, during which she was knocked to the ground and threatened an officer while she was handcuffed. Later, at the booking station, when she was asked to remove a necklace from her, she boastfully told the police officer that she "was worth more than she earned in a year." Then, in 2015, the U.S. Soccer suspended her for her involvement with her husband Jerramy. She arrested Stevens for DUI. Most recently, in 2016, Solo received a six-month suspension for calling Team Sweden a "bunch of cowards" after the United States lost to them in Rio. "I'm sorry.

I said it was a cowardly way to play and the media criticized me... Contract terminated. Effective immediately." Until he saves her off-field behavior, Solo's career will never recover. Lamar Odom Despite a stellar 14-year NBA career, Lamar Odom has a long and bitter history with drug abuse. In 2012, Odom ended his run with the Dallas Mavericks. As Mavs general manager Donnie Nelson put it, he "has dealt with a lot of personal issues." At this point, we need to be able to count on some things." But the downward spiral continued when Odom was arrested for DUI in August 2013. Odom's most brutal fall from grace came in October 2015, when he was found unconscious in a hospital Nevada brothel after a drug binge, as Us Weekly reported: "I cheated death and had a lot of loss in my life.

In November 2017, Odom collapsed at a nightclub, but insists it was due to dehydration. But it was still a nightclub. At 2 am. Ray Rice NFL fans knew former Rutgers star Ray Rice as a powerful running back who launched throws at defenders, but when TMZ published footage of Rice dragging his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator Atlantic City after an altercation, the rest of the nation learned about it on a completely different level. Rice was charged with third-degree aggravated assault. In March of that year, Rice avoided trial and was accepted into a pretrial intervention program. During that time, the NFL suspended Rice for two measly games and fined the star athlete $58,000.

In September, Rice was in the news again, with new footage from the elevator incident showing Rice violently punching Palmer until he was unconscious. The Ravens released him from the team, while the NFL suspended him indefinitely. Rice later overcame the suspension on appeal. He told USA Today Sports in 2016 that he is acknowledging his mistakes and looking for a second chance. "This is what happened... for... everything I had to get back and it had nothing to do with fame and fortune, it had to do with righting your wrongs." Lance Armstrong One of the most decorated and celebrated athletes in sport, Lance Armstrong shocked the world when he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in October 2012.

According to ABC News, the United States Anti-Doping Agency released a report with the testimony More than 11 of Armstrong's teammates said he used illegal drugs. Sponsors like Nike dropped him from campaign ads, but Armstrong continued to deny doping, until a damning interview with Oprah in January 2013. "Have you ever taken banned substances to improve your cycling performance?" "...yeah..." "Have you ever drugged your blood or used blood transfusions to improve your cycling performance?" …yeah." The fallout left many people disappointed, including his cancer charity Livestrong. Armstrong was later stripped of his Olympic bronze medal in 2000. Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson The career of the NFL star Chad Johnson collapsed after he was arrested for head-butting his then-wife, Evelyn Lozada, in August 2012.

Johnson was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, spent a night in jail and was released on a bond of $2,500. But less than 24 hours later, the Miami Dolphins officially terminated Johnson's contract. He told Inside the NFL that he takes full responsibility. "I'm human, my time had come, I made a mistake." "Chad has to dig deeper. inside and discover where he went wrong, at what moment he lost focus on what is happening. "The most important thing?" Ryan Lochte "What you see is what you get." Ryan Lochte's career as an Olympic swimmer took a dive after he was caught in a ridiculous lie.

Lochte claimed that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint on the way home from a party during the 2016 Rio Olympics. But the truth quickly emerged and revealed that Lochte and his friends, while intoxicated, They had vandalized a gas station bathroom and were detained by an armed security guard. The swimmer eventually apologized to fans and the city of Rio in an interview on Today saying, "They put on a great Games. And my immature, intoxicated behavior um... tarnished that a little bit." But the fallout didn't just embarrass the American team: The United States Olympic Committee suspended Lochte from swimming for 10 months.

He also had stipends withheld, lost endorsement deals and was banned from visiting the White House with the US team, according to the LA Times. Tonya Harding "The media condemned me for doing something bad before I had done anything." Tonya Harding's career as a figure skater was permanently put on ice after it was revealed that her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and a handful of other men allegedly attacked figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's knee just six weeks before the Olympic Games. 1994.. Gillooly pleaded guilty and everyone went to jail, except Harding, who eventually pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation and confessed to knowing the details of the plot. "Many of you won't be able to forgive me for that.

It will be hard to forgive myself." In total, he received three years of probation, was ordered to complete 500 hours of community service and pay a $160,000 fine. Kerrigan would recover and win silver in the games, while Harding performed poorly. Ultimately, Harding was banned for life from figure skating in the United States. "How can I have a fair chance here?" "We also judge by presentation." "Suck my penis." Thanks for watching! Click the Nicki Swift icon to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Plus, check out all these cool things we know you'll love too!