Worst Ever Sports Singing Disasters

Girl falls on ice singing National Anthem

May 4, 2009

As we saw from The Best Sports Songs of All-Time list, sports and music go great together. Just not in these cases. Here are 10 painfully memorable musical "performances" at sporting events.

10Best defense ever. Some say the best team ever. But the 1986 Bears will forever be remembered for the Superbowl Shuffle.

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The Super Bowl Shuffle:The Bears


9Former Missouri head basketball Coach Quin Snyder running around the locker room singing Eye of the Tiger as a pre-game pump up routine. Huh? To anyone who says coach was fired for recruiting violations, I defy you to watch this and not change your mind.

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Quin Snyder's "Eye of the Tiger"


Honorable mention to a video
that almost made this list:

WORST ANTHEM EVER

8Jeff Gordon committed the cardinal sin of Chicago when he referred to Wrigley Field as Wrigley Stadium. He then went on to forget the word to Take Me Out to the Ballgame, but the crowd was so appalled I'm not sure they even noticed.

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Jeff Gordon butchers Take Me Out to the Ballgame


7Not that you'd expect anything different. Time and again, Ozzy confirms the old "this is your brain on drugs" campaign, and it's funny every time.

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Ozzy sings "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".


Blast! The #6 ranked video was removed from YouTube, so it had to be taken off this list.


5Disaster averted. Mo Cheeks—former NBA star and at the time, coach of the Blazers&mdashlis one class act.

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Mo Cheeks help a girl sing the national anthem


4The Carl Lewis rendition of the National Anthem is every bit as bad as the #2 video on this list. At least he apologizes half way through.

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Carl Lewis singing the National Anthem, 1993


Blast! The #3 ranked video was removed from YouTube, so it had to be taken off this list.


2Roseanne Barr's butchering of the National Anthem is laugh out loud funny. I just can't believe this wasn't a joke or a dare. I just can't. Nobody is this bad.

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God Bless Roseanne


1The only thing funnier than watching a woman fall in front of thousands of people, is watching her do it after forgetting the words to the National Anthem. Forget worst sports singing disaster of all-time, this is just an all-time classic.

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Girl falls on ice singing National Anthem

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