OT: Biggest pests in sports

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My favorite all time pest was Mike Ricchi. That no good, greasy hair, toothless fool, always annoyed me. I loved that man. He was the epitome of hockey pretty.

Patrick Roy single handily kept the wings from winning 8 straight Stanley Cups, so maybe he was the best pest

Shocked this far down in the thread and there is no mention of the biggest pest of all. Rick Fox.

Let me start by saying I’m a Lightning fan, so my view is very biased, but I hate Marchand. He’s a pest, but let’s stop short of calling him effective. Sometimes he gets people off their game, but probably more commonly he gets suspended or thrown in the sin bin himself. Frankly, I hope his ass is planted to a couch for the rest of the summer following Sunday’s game.
The next two players aren’t as much of a bag of tools as Marchand, but they are on a list. Brian Boyle’s and Justin Abdelkader. Same idea for both, they like physical play and don’t shy away from fights. The difference is that these two players keep their tongues in their mouth.

Marchand the rat. Scummiest player in the league right now.

Kind of surprised that Bill Laimbeer only recieved one, fleeting, mention...  (Okay, two.)  He was the undisputed national champion of pests in the 80's, across the entirety of the sporting world.  There wasn't a household in the land that didn't have an opinion on him.  And, unless you were a Pistons fan, those opinions were, somewhat, unkind.  Think of the head hunting brush back pitch delivered every so often.  They were meant to move someone off the plate, or maybe extract some baseball revenge for a HR.  But Laimbeer, he threw a few of them every night.  And he didn't apologize for it - if you whined, he ramped it up.  And he was a damn good player ahead of his time.  Not many NBA centers can step out and murder you from 3 today, and even less could do it when he played.  He was the epitome of what a pest should be - the guy everybody hates, until he's on your team.

Draymond Green is out of control. He’s able to get away with it though while people complain about Lebron flopping. Sure, half of Greens swats barely hit or miss entirely but the fact that the guy flares his arms and slaps and kicks the way he does is garbage basketball. The groin shots should be an automatic one game suspension too at this point.

Dennis Rodman?

Morgana the Kissing Bandit?

but I think he's better now. You really learn your lesson when the consequences are a championship. but I've got a thing for James Harden. he is so annoying

Marchand should be kicked out of the league for SHARP violations!

P.K. Subban has been quite the pest during these playoffs, to the point where opposing teams boo him every time he touches the puck. 

Marchand crosses the line from pest to an idiot ruining the sport. The nhl messed up not reeling him in earlier, now hee can do anything without penalty. Pests are Holmstrom and Domi.

Notre Dame mascots that wear Leprechaun top hats...

LaVar Ball.

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I was going to say Floyd Mayweather. He's by far the best boxer in the world at not boxing. Plus that cheap shitty knockout on Ortiz.

Ron Artest. Geez, guys! Amazed he hasn’t come up yet.

Aaron Craft was annoying af

jk.. i liked him while he was here, especially his creative shootout goals, but i wasnt excited about the signing originally.

Does it have to be a player?

PAAAAAWL.

 

But Jermey Reonick (sp)  was a pest.

If you were not a Pistons fan, he was the dirtiest player around.

Huge NHL pest...and I loved every minute of it.

TOSSUP/DEAD HEAT TIE:

 

Steven A. Smith/Whoever kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby....

Old time Flyers hockey.

Great nicknames that fit. Bugsy also played for the Wings and seemed to destined for 250- 300 PIMs per season.

Sean Avery and Claude Lemiuex are right there too. 

Some weird acting dudes on that team