| Latrell Sprewell | Choking his coach P.J. Carlisemo during a confrontation at practice | 1997 |
| Marion Jones | Performance-enhancing drugs | 2007 |
| Mark McGwire | Use of steroids during career | 2010 |
| Michael Vick | Involvement in a dogfighting ring | 2007 |
| Mike Leach | Locking player Adam James in a closet as punishment | 2010 |
| Mike Tyson | Biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during boxing match | 2009 |
| Tiger Woods | Extra-marital affair with nightclub hostess | 2010 |
Terry Frei and the Denver Post
| Saying he was uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indy 500 | 2017 |
Amar'e Stoudemire
| Saying if he had a gay teammate, he would shower across the street | 2017 |
| Richard Sherman | Telling a sports journalist that he would ruin his career | 2016 |
Colin Kaepernick
| Social media taunt to the city of Houston | 2015 |
| Doug Adler | Describing Serena Williams' aggressive style as "guerrilla tactics" | 2017 |
| Maria Sharapova | Testing positive for traces of banned substance | 2016 |
| Lance Armstrong | Using performance-enhancing drugs during Tour de France wins | 2013 |
| Kim Mulkey | Encouraging violence against parents who say they won't send their kids to Baylor | 2017 |
| Sunil Gulati | Canceling U.S. women's soccer exhibition due to unsafe turf conditions | 2015 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | Pulling a woman's shirt down exposing her breast while watching a parade | 2017 |
| Tom Brady | Deflating footballs in order to get better grip | 2017 |
| Ray Rice | Punching fiancee and dragging her unconscious body from an elevator | 2014 |
| Ryan Lochte | Fabricated story about being robbed by local police at Rio Olympics | 2016 |
| Cam Newton | Making sexist remark to female reporter, claiming "it's funny" that she knows about football routes. | 2017 |
| Jabari Bird | Strangling girlfriend numerous times. | 2018 |
| Kyrie Irving | Promoting the flat-earth theory | 2018 |
| Rudy Gobert | Carelessly touching microphones and then testing positive for coronavirus | 2018 |
| Urban Meyer | Failing to report that his assistant coach had history of domestic violence | 2018 |
| Meyers Leonard | Using an anti-Semitic slur during livestream video game play. | 2021 |
| Justin Thomas | Using a gay slur after missing a short putt. | 2021 |
| Houston Astros | Sign stealing during the 2017 World Series. | 2020 |
| Robert Kraft | Caught on video surveillance as a part of a prostitution sting operation at Florida spas | 2019 |
| Shelby Houlihan | Testing positive for a performance enhancing drug | 2021 |
| Patrick Beverley | Cheap shot against Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul during Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals | 2021 |
| Jim Harbaugh | Sign stealing scandal as coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team | 2023 |
