Bad Sportsmanship! The Biggest Cheating Scandals In Sports
Aug. 24 2012, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
While the shadow of speculation has hung over him for many years, Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban from cycling on Thursday for doping is still a shocking end to one of the most incredible careers in the sport.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, not only will the now-retired 40-year-old athlete be shunned from the sport, the International Cycling Union will also strip him of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005.
The USADA in June said it had conclusive evidence, including blood tests, that the iconic sportsman had used banned substances in 2009 and 2010; and as far back as 1996. The agency said it had 10 of his former teammates lined up to testify against him.
Sadly, this is hardly the first time that the sports world has been rocked by a cheating scandal and fans have had to accept that their idols have the most human of flaws. From baseball to boxing, Breaking Celebrity News has compiled seven of the biggest cheating stories in sports.
7. The scandal that rocked the 1919 World Series and went down in baseball history involved eight members of the Chicago White Sox who were busted for throwing not only balls, but whole games. The conspiracy was led by first baseman, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, who had illicit ties with the criminal underworld, and persuaded several of his teammates and professional gamblers and gangsters to join in his profitable plot.