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The List: Biggest sports busts

By Jeff Merron
Page 2 staff

Monday, August 11, 2003

We've run plenty of lists about players who've been big busts -- Heisman Trophy winners who couldn't make the transition to the NFL (Andre Ware), baseball "phenoms" who flopped (Todd Van Poppel), guys who choked in the Super Bowl (Tony Eason), and players who get tens of millions for not playing (Bryant Reeves). But sometimes it's just a bad plan, man. So we've tried to lay off the players and teams in this list (well, almost), to remind you of some some seriously flawed ideas: the biggest spo ...

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