STFU! 12 Legendary Athletes Cursing on Live TV

In honor of the king of profanity-laced tirades, Wayne Rooney, peep the other stars that may give the man a run for his money.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

Live TV has a complicated relationship with sports. On the one hand, everybody wants their sports up-to-date and up close and personal. On the other, if you've ever shanked a drive on the 18th hole of the Masters, or been subjected to the vagaries of NBA officiating, or had to play with Sasha Vujacic, you know that playing sports can make you use language that isn't really appropriate for family broadcasts.

Last weekend TV censors in England had one of those "YIkes!" moments, when Manchester United's ever volatile Wayne Rooney went ham after scoring a goal against West Ham. Rooney's outburst of foul language was especially foul since he ran up to the camera and practically jumped into viewers' living rooms; still it got us thinking about these other cases of Legendary Athletes Cursing on Live TV...

Kenyon Martin

Not Available Interstitial

Kobe Bryant

Not Available Interstitial

Chase Utley

Not Available Interstitial

Tiger Woods

Not Available Interstitial

Glen "Big Baby" Davis

Not Available Interstitial

Yao Ming

Not Available Interstitial

Latrell Sprewell

Not Available Interstitial

Charles Barkley

Not Available Interstitial

Shaquille O'Neal

Not Available Interstitial

Michael Jordan

Not Available Interstitial

DJ Mbenga

Not Available Interstitial

Andrew Bynum

Not Available Interstitial

Latest in Sports