Number 8 Reid Mitchell, Logan Huber and Ayden Holland
In December of 2021, a prayer vigil was held in the community of Lake Jackson, Texas, as a
teenage football player had been left fighting for his life after being savagely beaten by his
own teammate. Cole Hagan was at a pool party, on December the 3rd, when his varsity football peers,
Logan Huber and Ayden Holland, lured him outside by telling him that someone had hit his truck.
When Hagan went to check his vehicle, he was ambushed by teammate Reid Mitchell, alongside
whom he played for Brazoswood High School. The latter punched and slammed Hagan to the concrete
before he got on top of him and started elbowing him in the face. Mitchell had allegedly planned
the attack, which was reportedly over a girl, for days and at least eight people were proven to have
had prior knowledge of it. After brutally beating his teammate, Mitchell called one of his friends,
saying "come get your boy." Hagan, who’d been left in critical condition and bleeding from his ears,
was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. He’d suffered brain hemorrhage and multiple skull
fractures in addition to a broken collarbone. When he regained consciousness, Hagan thought
he’d been in an accident and, as reported by his older brother, the first thing he did was ask
if his friends had been hurt. Mitchell, Huber and Holland were subsequently arrested and indicted on
aggravated assault charges. In early 2022, Hagan’s family sued them and their parents for $50 million
in damages, alleging that the parents either knew or should’ve known about the planned attack.
Number 7 Mauro Icardi In the 2010s, while he was playing at Sampdoria,
Argentine striker Maxi López was married to model and media personality Wanda Nara, with
whom he had three children. López became friends with teammate and fellow countryman Mauro Icardi,
inviting him on vacations and opening up his home to him after he’d moved to Italy. López
eventually discovered that Icardi had begun having an affair with his wife and a highly
publicized scandal emerged. López filed for divorce in December of 2013 and Icardi married
Nara soon after the proceedings were finalized. The decision generated animosity against him in
Argentina and even drew criticism from soccer legend Diego Maradona, who engaged Icardi in
bitter exchanges on Twitter. The conflict between Icardi and Lopez remained unresolved
even after the former was traded to Inter Milan, as highlighted by an incident from April of 2014.
In a game between Sampdoria and Inter Milan, López refused to shake his former teammate’s hand,
which led to the press dubbing the match the “Wanda Derby”. Later on, in 2019, López told
Argentine media that the couple was disregarding the custody terms laid out by the judge and
actively preventing him from seeing his children. Number 6 Rashaun Jones
On November the 7th of 2006, Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman Bryan Pata was fatally shot
in the back of the head outside his apartment in Kendall, Florida. As a senior at the University
of Miami, 22-year-old Pata was on the cusp of a promising career and would’ve likely been
selected in the upcoming NFL draft. The murder remained officially unsolved for roughly 15 years.
An extensive investigation would ultimately lead to the arrest of Pata’s Hurricanes teammate
Rashaun Jones, on August the 19th of 2021. Leading up to the shooting, fellow players
reported recurring arguments and physical altercations between the two men partially
fueled by the fact that Pata’s girlfriend at the time had dated Jones in the past. The latter
was the only player to miss a team meeting on the night of the murder and cellphone data placed
him at the scene of the crime, contradicting his claims that he’d been at his Miami residence. He’d
also changed his number on that day, explaining that he’d done so to avoid friends and relatives
giving him a hard time over a failed drug test and recent suspension. A retired University of Miami
writing instructor by the name of Paul Conner told law enforcement that, after hearing a “pop noise”,
he’d seen someone matching Jones’ description fleeing through the parking lot of the Kendall
apartment complex. Official documents indicated that Conner had picked Jones out of a photo lineup
in June of 2007, a few months after the killing. When confronted by detectives on how eyewitness
testimony lined up with the cellphone records, Jones reportedly explained it as
“just really bad luck”, vehemently denying he’d had anything to do with Pata’s death.
As of the latest updates on the case, he’d officially pleaded not guilty to the murder.
Number 5 Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer One of the most infamous moments in the English
Premier League of the mid-2000s was an in-match brawl between Newcastle teammates Lee Bowyer and
Kieron Dyer. It occurred on April the 2nd of 2005 as their team was three goals behind Aston Villa.
As Dyer told a media outlet, years later, Bowyer had complained that he wasn’t getting any passes
from him. He pressed the issue until Dyer essentially told him that he wasn’t good enough
to receive a pass. The two men traded insults before Bowyer eventually charged his teammate
and started raining punches on him. Recounting his mindset at the time of the incident,
Dyer remembered thinking to himself “I can’t believe he’s doing this in front of 50,000
people”. He and Bowyer then briefly tussled and pulled on each other’s jerseys before they were
separated and each given the red card. Their behavior drew criticism from their teammates
and enraged then-captain Alan Shearer who reportedly called them “selfish and a disgrace”
in the locker room. Dyer was given a three-match ban in the aftermath while Bowyer, who admitted to
have initiated the brawl, was given a seven-match ban and fined more than six weeks’ wages. The
two men eventually resolved their conflict and even became teammates again at West Ham United.
Number 4 Jonathan Papelbon In late July of 2015, Major League
Baseball pitcher Jonathan Papelbon was traded to the Washington Nationals and, within a few months,
became the main aggressor in several violent incidents. On September the 23rd he intentionally
threw a pitch at the head of Orioles player Manny Machado, resulting in his immediate ejection.
Machado managed to roll his shoulder to intercept the ball and thus avoided serious injury. The MLB
fined and suspended Papelbon for three games. On September the 27th, Papelbon had a heated exchange
with teammate and rising superstar Bryce Harper. It occurred as the latter was returning to the
dugout following his turn at bat. Papelbon escalated the argument to physical violence
as he grabbed Harper by the throat and forcefully shoved him towards the bench. Teammates intervened
and the pitcher later took responsibility for the incident, attributing it to “testosterone”
and rising tension during the game. He and Harper talked and resolved their differences,
with both men describing the fight as a brotherly spat. Reacting to Papelbon’s concerning behavior,
numerous fans on social media offered to donate $100 to a charity of the team’s choosing if they
got rid of him. For attacking Harper, he was given a four-game suspension, without pay,
costing him over $280,000. Number 3 Jake Sanford
Outfield prospect Jake Sanford was let go from the New York Yankees, in the spring of 2022,
amid allegations of theft. When he wasn’t pestering teammates for their equipment so
that he could sell it online, Sanford allegedly went into their lockers to steal various items,
such as bats or gloves. The 24-year-old, who’d been drafted in 2019 and received a signing
bonus of close to $600,000, was also accused of failing to deliver on the promised merchandise
after accepting money from prospective buyers. Sanford promptly deactivated his Twitter
upon being cut by the Yankees and the team didn’t comment on the incident. One source, however,
reported that the player had resorted to stealing from his teammates to cover gambling debts.
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Number 2 Jermaine Beckford and Eoin Doyle During a soccer match against Sheffield United FC,
in December of 2016, two strikers from the Preston North End Football Club
were sent off by the referee after clashing at Hillsborough. With their team down to nine men,
after one player had been red-carded and another was being treated for a shoulder injury off-pitch,
Preston had a chance to score an equalizer close to the 90-minute mark. Forward Eoin Doyle pulled
a goal back and then passed to another teammate who shot over the bar. Jermaine Beckford took
exception to Doyle’s decision of not passing to him and the two men became involved in a brief
physical altercation. They were separated by the referee, other teammates and even players
from the opposing team before each was shown the red card. Doyle and Beckford were fined
in the incident’s aftermath with the proceeds going towards refunding the tickets of Preston
North End fans. Their manager told a media outlet that the two players had let themselves and the
supporters down through their childish behavior, describing the fight as a “joke” and a “disgrace”.
Number 1 Danielle Puddefoot On April the 30th of 2015, Danielle Puddefoot
attended an award banquet held by the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, where she played
for the soccer team. She and other teammates had reportedly been drinking before the event.
Throughout her athletic career the 22-year-old senior, from Slough, England, hadn’t received any
awards for her efforts on the pitch. Puddefoot became upset when her teammate, Hailey Marquis,
was given a commendation of which she thought herself to have been more worthy. After the
banquet, the inebriated Puddefoot became verbally aggressive towards her teammates while they were
attending a dorm party. As tensions escalated, the young woman focused her rage on Marquis,
whom she headbutted, sending her tumbling over furniture. Other teammates got between them and,
while there were no further attacks on Marquis, they were unable to get Puddefoot to calm down.
She kept bashing her head against walls and furniture until she eventually passed out. She
was subsequently arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and third-degree assault and was later
released on a $1,000 bond. In the incident’s aftermath, Marquis was treated at hospital
after she’d been left with facial swelling and black eyes. Ironically, the award that
Puddefoot felt she’d deserved and hence triggered her violent outburst had reportedly been one for
good sportsmanship. In the legal proceedings that followed, the young woman didn’t admit any
wrongdoing and told a judge that she wouldn’t write an apology letter to Marquis. A decision
was made that her charges would be dropped upon the completion of one year’s probation.
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