Athletes on Reality TV Shows
Adam "Pacman" Jones will appear on the sports-themed show 'Pros vs. Joes,' where he will participate in football competitions. Click through for more sports stars who took their acts to reality shows.
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Terrell Owens
'The Terrell Owens Project'
Dallas' star wide receiver is going to be starring in his own show this summer, as VH1 will follow the Cowboys star around to give fans a peek at his personal life.
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Natalie Gulbis
'The Celebrity Apprentice'
The LPGA star will appear in the upcoming series 'The Celebrity Apprentice.'
Stephen Lovekin, Getty Images
Warren Sapp
'Dancing With the Stars'
The eight-time Pro Bowler finished in second place in the seventh season of 'Dancing With the Stars.'
Kelsey McNeal, ABC
Jason Taylor
'Dancing With the Stars'
The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year, here with partner Edyta Sliwinska, finished second last season.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC / AP
Helio Castroneves
'Dancing With the Stars'
The former Indianapolis 500 champion, here with partner Julianne Hough, won the fifth season of 'Dancing With the Stars.'
ABC
Jennie Finch
'The Celebrity Apprentice'
The former USA softball pitcher and 2004 Olympic Gold medalist was fired in January by Donald Trump on 'The Celebrity Apprentice.'
Justin Stephens, NBC
Monica Seles
'Dancing With the Stars'
The nine-time Grand Slam winner was eliminated in the first round.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC
Misty May-Treanor
'Dancing With the Stars'
The Olympic gold medalist is currently a contestant on the seventh season of 'Dancing With The Stars.'
Craig Sjodin, ABC
Stacy Keibler
'Dancing With the Stars'
The former professional wrestler appeared in the second season of 'Dancing With the Stars.' She came in third place.
David Gunn, WWE / UPN
Yes, that's correct. Pacman has fallen so far that he's doing reality television with Petros Papadakis, competing against mere mortals for the sake of not being publicly embarrassed. But he seems kind of excited.
"It's a good show," Jones said. "Hopefully I can bring a little excitement to it."Of course, it's not all ex-stars who watched their careers decline embarrassingly that appear on this show. Also included in the basketball portion are: Antoine Walker, Steve Francis, Shawn Kemp and ... Oh.
[...]"I'm going to make sure I do my job," Jones said. "I don't want no balls caught on me."
In fairness, the NFL group includes Priest Holmes, Rich Gannon and Tim Brown, so at least the group had upside in 2001! Also, at least most of them didn't just fade into mediocrity. Unless you count "appearing on Pros v. Joes" as "fading into mediocrity." Which wouldn't be that far-fetched.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-28-2009 @ 5:49PM
peggy said...
PACKMAN AND HIS BOY WONDER MICHAL VICK!!!! LMAO!!!
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2-28-2009 @ 8:26PM
lolabull said...
How many chances does one person deserve?
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2-28-2009 @ 8:45PM
Deanie said...
I have followed Pacman since he was a Titan; his up's and his down's. I would pray for him and hoped him success, but we all know it wasn't for him due to his stupid actions. I'm sure he wishes he had listen to his grandmother when she was trying to help him, but his hard-head has made him have a soft behind. At least he's trying to make a decent living and not being lazy.Let us "all" continue to pray for him.
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3-01-2009 @ 12:43AM
toddpugz said...
why do people pick on this fine, up-standing man? if ever there was a roll-model in sports, someone who i would want my own children to be like and follow his fine example of manhood, it would be this guy.
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3-01-2009 @ 12:47AM
Ron Searcy said...
Will this idiot ever learn to stay away from bars, strip joints, drugs, pills, booze, porn & bad people? Life is hard enough without shooting your own self in the foot with such self destructive behavior. I have a feeling there is a lot of Packmans out there - just havent made millions and been in the spotlight.
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3-01-2009 @ 1:13AM
geezerearl said...
The show better hire a 24/7 babysitter.Otherwise
its just a matter of time. Their bailing him out
of the slammer.
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3-01-2009 @ 8:12AM
Terry said...
With all the wonderful examples of black manhood such as Pac Man, Mike Vick, Fifty Cent, Ludakris, Little Wayne, and all the other ghetto scum, it will be a thousand years before our young people can be considered truely equal to the white man.
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3-01-2009 @ 8:14AM
Terry said...
From the FBI: Black males age 14 - 35, commit 56.6% of all violent crime in America while they comprise less than 3.5% of the population, and contribute less than 1/10 of 1% to the gross national product.
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3-01-2009 @ 8:15AM
Terry said...
From the FBI: Black males age 14 - 35, commit 56.6% of all violent crime in America while they comprise less than 3.5% of the population, and contribute less than 1/10 of 1% to the gross national product.
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3-01-2009 @ 9:53AM
rexbbghi said...
Sad but what but why is that know you history before you start throwing out sttats every stat has a history to develop it Learn and Grow from Past History!
3-01-2009 @ 1:25PM
faithful501 said...
You are obviously white by the negative connitation of your stats. Also, Ludacris does a lot of good and community service so he is not in the same catagory but because you are white you do not know that. As far as calling them ghetto scum, get real, trash is trash no matter what color and it should be thrown out. Hence, you are trash. Adios
3-01-2009 @ 8:36AM
John said...
Pacman belongs on the reality show,,,,,,,,,"Bubba and his sissy"
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3-01-2009 @ 9:06AM
kissingintongues said...
Oh yay... another stupid reality show to further dummy down TV more than it is... dummied down music industry (over all, not always), TV, etc ....let the reality shows die off quickly, please! A few for a change is fine, but there's a glut of them. I wish America would stop settling for crappy music (Lower levels of vocal range, creativity, originality, distinctiveness than in the past), and TV. TV has less imagination, enough people seem not to care. Radios play the same stuff over and over. MTV & VH1 the same way- they have 10 years of music from the 1990s that they could mix in to what little they have of music videos, that wuld help the variety more than the pathetic l,imited newest few with rare exceptions. The whole Viacom stations lackfresh ideas. TV LAnd have 40 years of clsassic shows, plus expanding it as they choose to do. They don't have new classic programming that much, add pathetically poor reality shows (some are better than others), add newer shows that are on 4-6 other channels..
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3-01-2009 @ 9:23AM
acr4845755 said...
Pacman if you went on a reality show about working on a farm I would watch it just to laugh. No guns, no booze, no drugs, no strip clubs. You would never make it dude. You are a sissy. An oversized thug. I hope you take your illegal gun and shoot yourself in the head.
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3-01-2009 @ 10:12AM
Jan said...
What a laugh this morning, what is Pacman going to teach, how to hold and smoke a bong? Or maybe he can box a kangaroo, since he love fights so much. And Vick can be shown working in a pet shelter cleaning up all the ah hem, that would be the Pro part. These guys make me sick.
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3-01-2009 @ 10:58AM
Judith Ferrel said...
He should be paralyzed for the rest of his life like he caused a Las Vegas man to be. Maybe that would change his attitude. It destroyed a family with a wife and 2 small children.
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3-01-2009 @ 11:06AM
schapal830 said...
have you ever watched "Pros vs Joes"? it has to be the worst sports-related show on TV with a bunch of burnt-out former athletes who are hard up for a paycheck....awful show
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3-01-2009 @ 12:04PM
greatnessab101 said...
Good Riddance and farewell......LOSER
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3-01-2009 @ 12:26PM
cyates357 said...
JUST SAY NO......VOTE WITH YOUR MONEY......DON'T REWARD BAD BEHAVIOR......DON'T WATCH THE SHOW AND BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISERS.
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3-01-2009 @ 12:29PM
trngol2 said...
to terry - and his racist comment - perhaps he doesn't know that African Americans contribute 16% to GNP, and are harrassed by and receive harsher, stiffer penalities for crimes, than white folks who seem to get off for everything.... aka mike phelps, bernie madoff, cops that kill black folks (on tape), george w. bush, et al.
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