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I once thought that a great idea for a magazine would be Haters – “The publication devoted to people who hate sh*t.” It was my billion dollar idea until I learned that things take effort and I hate that sh*t. But lately I’ve realized that my idea would have just been a knock off of the magazine that already has hate down pat – Forbes. When it’s not busy hating people who don’t have money, Forbes is going out of its way to compile lists of people and things that we all hate. This week, it’s the annual list of the Most Hated Athletes in America. Sure, they call it the Most Disliked Athletes, but read between the capitalist lines, amigos. So who, pray tell, are the most heinous and villainous prick athletes in all of the land, Forbes? 1) (Tie) Michael Vick and Tiger Woods – 60% 2) Plaxico Burress – 56% 3) Ndamukong Suh – 51% 4) Kris Humphries – 50% 5) LeBron James – 48% 6) (Tie) Kobe Bryant and Terrell Owens – 45% 7) Alex Rodriguez – 44% 8) Kurt Busch – 42% Suh and Humphries are the n...
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