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The people have spoken. More specifically, they spoke on the Sports Bloggers Live most-hated athletes special (which you can listen to in-full right here), naming the three most-despised figures in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAA football and basketball, NHL and NASCAR. Fortunately, these lists have next to nothing in common with GQ's 10 most-hated athletes-- Bonzi Wells? Lleyton Hewitt? Phil Mickelson? (Stick to fashion, boys.) The following are guys that are truly loathed by fans, winners of the fans' choice awards of hate, if you will. So without further adieu, the results:

 Big "winners"!

NFL's Three Most-Hated Players (according to readers of Dave's Football Blog)
3. Peyton Manning
2. Ray Lewis
1. Terrell Owens
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· See full poll results

MLB's Three Most-Hated Players (according to readers of The Juice Blog)
3. Roger Clemens
2. Curt Schilling
1. Barry Bonds
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· See full survey results

NBA's Three Most-Hated Players (according to readers of Yay Sports)
3. Carlos Boozer
2. Vince Carter
1. Kobe Bryant
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· See full NBA poll results

NCAA Football's Three Most-Hated Figures (according to readers of Fanblogs)
3. Phil Fulmer
2. Bobby Bowden
1. Steve Spurrier
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· See full NCAA Football poll results

 That's a lot of hate right there

NCAA Basketball's Three Most-Hated Figures (according to readers of Sportz Assassin)
3. J.J. Redick
2. Coack K
1. Dick Vitale
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· See full NCAA Basketball poll results

NHL's Three Most-Hated Players (according to readers of Off Wing Opinion)
3. Jarkko Ruutu
2. Darius Kasparaitis
1. Todd Bertuzzi
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· See full NHL poll results

NASCAR's Three Most-Hated Figures (according to readers of Diecast Dude)
3. Inconclusive
2. Inconclusive
1. Kurt Busch
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· See full NASCAR survey results

Also, we had previously mentioned that we were going to name the most-hated announcers as part of this show (with Deadspin doing the polling), but decided that that topic is an entire show in and of itself. More to come. Until then, feel free to use the comments section to opine on the most-hated results.

Update: Because the poll on the SBL page only allows for four answers, we couldn't include all of the most-hated "winners" on it in an attempt to name the most-hated in all of sport. Luckily, this blog is not bound by such limitations. Vote or Die!

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• #24 Comment from angelicheart01 
  3/15/06 11:39 PM | Permalink

  McNamara from Syracuse. A showboater and an arrogant jerk just like his cousin.  I would know, I dated him.
• #23 Comment from girlgizo 
  3/14/06 1:55 PM | Permalink

  I don't understand the hatred everyone has for Kobe. Yes, he is arrogant. But shoot; have you seen him play at all? The arrogance is not ill deserved. The guy can play. I realize there are other players in the league with the talent, but can any of the players that are Kobe's age or younger out play him? Kobe backs his arrogance with the show he puts on during a game. Arrogance is very unsportsmanlike, but so is the rest of the crap that a lot of these players do. Don't hate on the boy b/c he knows how to play. TO is arrogant as well, but he takes it to the level of shoving it in the team's face (stand on the star at TX Stadium after getting a TD). Hate that type of arrogance...nirali
• #22 Comment from stratcat2020 
  3/11/06 2:01 PM | Permalink

  Maybe we should include the cowardly Red Sox owner who lent his jet to transport people to places where they could be tortured!
• #21 Comment from stratcat2020 
  3/11/06 1:52 PM | Permalink

  IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BONDS IN THERE, THEN I THINK 'BIG MAC' SHOULD AND BARRY SHOULD BE JOINED AT THE HIP!
• #20 Comment from marboberickson 
  3/11/06 10:19 AM | Permalink

  OJ Simpson.  No explanation necessary.