Worst Sports Break-ups

[2muchcoffeeman]

Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty.

 

[Liut]

Rangers and Mike Keenan. One Stanley Cup in 83 years, and it was done by the guy who only coached them that one year.

I personally find Keenan one of the most fascinating people in sports.
First time I interviewed him, looked down to check audio level and inadvertently bumped him in the chin with the microphone. He gently reached up and pulled the mic down a few inches.
No big deal.

 

[da man]

Didn't realize the OP held exclusivity.

No, but if it's already been said, at least add something about it.

 

[dixiehack]

Didn't realize the OP held exclusivity.

Dibs is dibs. We're living in a society people!

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Mike and the Mad Dog.

 

[Batman]

Brooklyn and the Dodgers still resonates for old time New Yawkers.

The Colts moving. The Browns moving (Cleveland not St. Louis.)

I understand why Baltimore is bitter toward the Colts, but it always makes me laugh that they seem to ignore how the Ravens arrived in their city.

Speaking of which, Art Modell and Cleveland deserves a mention.

 

[outofplace]

Antonio Brown and the Steelers...and the Raiders....and the Patriots....and the Bucs. He really made each of those ugly in their own way.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty.

Yeah, I thought of posting Jannetty's cowardly escape through the Barber Shop window. I decided to go NHL instead.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Antonio Brown and the Steelers...and the Raiders....and the Patriots....and the Bucs. He really made each of those ugly in their own way.

… and the Albany Empire …

How Antonio Brown's Albany Empire went from champions to defunct

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The breakup of the Mets and Tom Seaver.

Likewise, the Dodgers and Andy Messersmith.

 

[da man]

Antonio Brown and the Steelers...and the Raiders....and the Patriots....and the Bucs. He really made each of those ugly in their own way.

Ha! This makes me think of story I'm sure I've told here before about an interview I did with Tim McKyer. When I asked him about what happened in his departure from Carolina, he said it was the result of a "personal vendetta" against him. I reminded that was the same thing he'd said about several previous stops, and he said, "Yeah. Personal vendettas seem to follow me around."

 

[Deskgrunt50]

In a literal athlete sense, Rory McIlroy breaking off his engagement with Caroline Wozniaki was quite a breakup.

And while I don't remember a big public feud, Peyton Manning leaving the Colts was stunning to me. I know money/cap hit was a factor. Thought Manning was a Colt for life.