Forbes has come out with its 10 Most Disliked Athletes list for 2012, and a trio of prominent players from regional squads have made the cut. Plaxico Burress of the New York Jets, Kris Humphries of the New Jersey Nets and Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees all made Forbes' not-so-nice list.
↵Burress was the third-most disliked athlete in Forbes' study, with 56 percent of respondents saying they disliked. Burress, of course, returned to the NFL this season after serving a prison term following an incident at a Manhattan nightclub in which he shot himself in the leg with an unregistered handgun.
↵Humphries was No. 5 on the list, with a dislike percentage of exactly 50 percent. Humphries sin? Well, going on a reality TV show, marrying Kim Kardashian and getting a divorce less than three months later.
↵Rodriguez is No. 9 on the list. Forbes referred to the Yankees slugger simply as a "drama queen." Among voters, 44 percent disliked A-Rod.
↵Here is the full list, with the percentage of those polled who disliked each athlete.
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- Michael Vick (60%) ↵
- Tiger Woods (60%) ... Forbes puts him No. 2 because they say the dislike is "softer." ↵
- Plaxico Burress (56% ) ↵
- Ndamukong Suh (51%) ↵
- Kris Humphries (50%) ↵
- LeBron James (48%) ↵
- Kobe Bryant (45%) ↵
- Terrell Owens (45%) ↵
- Alex Rodriguez (44%) ↵
- Kurt Busch (42%) ↵