Top 10 Sports Conspiracy Theories
Up 3-2 in the series, the Kings were on the verge of knocking out the 2x defending champion Lakers. But questionable calls late in the game led to the Lakers winning the game and forcing a game seven, which they would win in overtime. Again, because of a ratings issue and because the Lakers were on the cusp of being a three-time champion, the league tried to get the Lakers into the finals. Tim Donaghy, who didn't even work the game admitted that this was rigged.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player. Days after leading the Bulls to their third straight title and following his father's passing, Michael Jordan retired in 1993. Some people believe because the NBA had been investigating Jordan's gambling habits that he had to get out before he would be suspended. But because Jordan came back in 1995, it led people to believe he was suspended privately from the league by commissioner David Stern.
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region.
New England Patriots are one of the few teams to have 5+ wins in the Super Bowl. While the Patriots have always been accused of cheating, one conspiracy that stood out was that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell destroyed the Spygate tapes, which were supposed tapes of the Patriots watching the signals of the opposing coaches, at least two weeks after the scandal first came into light.
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team. In 1985, the Knicks won the first pick of the NBA draft and selected Patrick Ewing. But some people believe the lottery was rigged because David Stern had actually known which envelope the team. On T.V., the man placing the envelopes in the bin threw the Knick's envelope onto the side in hopes to bend it. Other theories include the envelope being frozen. The reason for this was so the NBA would continue to expand in ratings and have a big name college player play in a big name market.
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
It is situated 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland. While South Africa's 15-12 win in the final of the Rugby World Cup was iconic, New Zealand might have an excuse in that they had food poisoning the night before the game by a waitress named Suzie.
In the second fight between Ali and Liston, the heavyweight champion Ali knocked out the challenger in the first round. But some people suggest that the punch didn't hit Liston, who allegedly, according to theorists, took a dive and threw the second fight on purpose.
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Baltimore Ravens had Super Bowl 47 wrapped up with a 28-6 lead. Not wanting a blowout, the NFL decided to cause a blackout stopping the Ravens' momentum and allowing for the 49ers to come back. San Francisco did put up 17 unanswered points but failed to win the game. Still, it's suspicious about the blackout.
The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. They won their independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Its capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) is defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings including the iconic ones that house the federal government's 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Though it has no official language, English and ...read more. Controversy struck the U.S team in the men's basketball final as a series of blunders by officiating, and the timekeepers led to one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history. However, the U.S appealed the decision as a high-ranking official supposedly allowed the Russians to have multiple chances to win as they capitalized. The appeal was denied and the Americans still refuse to accept the silver medal
LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. LeBron has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and the Lakers. While LeBron most likely left the Cavs because he wanted to win, one factor that could come into play was a rumor that a relationship between teammate Delonte West and his mother was happening. James probably wanted to put distance on the situation by going to Florida.
In one of the most iconic matchups in the Houston Astrodome, #1 Women's Tennis Player Billie Jean King defeated former men's champion Bobby Joe Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" match in straight sets. Yet there are those that feel Riggs threw the match on purpose because he betted against himself and wanted to cash in.