Jabar Gaffney and 20 Athletes Who Got "Hacked" on Twitter

Illegal betting. Performance-enhancing substances. Financial concerns. There is an endless list of problems clogging the sports domain.

But they all pale in comparison to the crafty professionals who have laid a foundation for ruining reputations and humoring fanbases...

...the notorious Twitter hackers.

After Jabar Gaffney's recent online meltdown (allegedly a hacking incident), it's clear skilled Internet intruders are causing serious problems.

We prefer the title social-networking guerrilla, but either way, he is the ultimate entertainer, with skills only acquired by experience.

Let's take a look at 20 athletes who were hacked on Twitter.

Punking the cyber world 140 characters at a time.

20. Chad Ochocinco

Never one to shy from the spotlight, or his Twitter page, Chad Ochocinco found himself at the center of some NFL controversy with several knee-slapping statuses:

"

Man i can not believe they fined James Harrison again, what in the world is going on?

OCNNBreakingNews Due to the many rule changes there has also been a name change, NFL no longer, NFFL = National Flag Football League

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Although we know his pure humor far surpasses his hacker's, as this final plea convinced us:

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@nflcommish Dad my account was hacked for a matter of 5 minutes while i was cooking,just giving you a heads up,u raised me better than that

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That's right!

19. Ricky Williams

Perhaps the cleanest, most respectful hacker we'll ever encounter, Ricky Williams' intruder stunned the world with several ordinary, even mundane statements.

He stated his affinity for applying sunscreen, his intrigue of Inception and his breakup with dreadlocks. Nothing strange here, just Ricky being Ricky.

But they occurred while the star tailback was supposedly at practice, leading to some controversial backlash from his former coach.

18. Paul Pierce

Even after scoring 28 points and leading the Boston Celtics to a 2-0 lead over the Orlando Magic in the '10 Eastern Conference finals, Paul Pierce saw his name in the news for the wrong reasons:

"

Anybody got a BROOM?

"

Cocky much? Just another overconfident programmer.

Riveting material.

17. Kenny Britt

While his retirement claim was quite shocking, Kenny Britt's apparent disdain for the commissioner certainly wasn't.

But of course, the budding receiver begged us to believe his Twitter/Facebook/livelihood was hacked, like many of his peers before him.

We're all game, big guy; there's too much prosperity ahead of you to call it quits.

16. Mark Madsen

Considering his lifetime NBA averages consisted of 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game, it's easy to see why Mark Madsen was searching for his name's worth on eBay.

But let's start from the beginning...

New Jersey hacker Daniel Goncalves allegedly gained ownership of markmadsen.com after invading one of the domain name's owners. He then placed the site's URL on eBay and sold it for over $100K. 

But to who, you ask?

Oh yes, Mr. Mark Madsen himself. Odd is an understatement.

15. Brett Favre

We'd usually expect Twitter hacking to be of the humorous, raunchy or obscene sort, but Brett Favre's experience was just a bit less eventful than most:

"

40s are the new 20s

Time to mow my lawn, most relaxing part of the day

"

While these two status updates could have easily come from the oft-retired, oft-returned quarterback, his last one begged us to raise our eyebrows:

"

Adele is a really great artist

"

We know Favre would never admit he was rolling in the deep for Jenn Sterger.

14. Andray Blatche

Always being questioned, doubted and criticized for his lethargic ways and lack of development, Andray Blatche apparently found himself ready to toss some fisticuffs at his doubters, according to his Twitter feed:

"

ok let's do this so everyone can see wat u bout let's meet n dc saturday after my game.

like I said I'm done with this fake internet thing if you wanna see meet me saturday after game I can throw these things homie

"

Perhaps this hacker wanted to see the lackadaisical giant fight for respect off the court.

13. Metta World Peace

Surrounded by Phil Jackson's Zen-like aura, it's curious as to how the newfound peacemaker was ever frustrated by his former coach's approaches:

"

Finally Phil Jackson didn’t mention me in media before talking me Now I can build on game 2. Hopefully he talks to me before the media

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But we're torn, as the man once known as Ron Artest never shied from controversy.

Although rarely did he deny his eccentricities.

12. Terrell Owens

With perhaps the most noteworthy, logical and well-documented tweet, T.O. was hacked in elegant fashion.

Owens' beef with Donovan McNabb was well noted but became even more flavorful when a 140-character status, honesty far from hidden, was posted after his former quarterback earned a huge contract extension with the 'Skins (we know how that ended)...allegedly typed by the receiver's brother:

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How do u justify a 78 million contract w/this type of performance?

"

Well said, sir, well said.

11. Rasual Butler

We're not sure whether Rasual Butler's Twitter bio or the Twitter hackage of his package was funnier. Let's take a look...

"

Humble confident christian man living out my life long dream of being an N.B.A ball player. Striving to reach my max potential daily! always keeping God first!

"

Yeah, the accidental humor couldn't be any more perfect.

10. Brad Richards

Thanks to Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, NHLer Brad Richards was saved from perhaps another embarrassing hack (albeit his own fault):

"

signing out for ya!! im a nice hacker!! HEy dude btw..its Tommy Lee!!! hahah!! @mrtommyland

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Pamela Anderson's musical beau found Richards' Twitter still signed in at a New York City hotel, and he decided to be the good citizen he is and sign his fellow celebrity out with a little comic relief.

Classy as always.

9. Shaun Phillips

Either he's quite undecided about how he feels for the Bro that is Tim Tebow, or Shaun Phillips has uncontrolled bipolar tendencies.

But we'll give the hearty linebacker the benefit of the doubt and say his Twitter was hacked after he started with this...

"

Everytime I see Teabow on TV it makes me wanna trash him.

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And ended with this...

"

I actually really like Tim that's why I wanna trash him. He such a good person and he's good player as well. Go Bolts.

"

Inspiring.

8. Will Hill

For those who believed college sports involved more than just corruption, laziness and inebriation, safety Will Hill's tweets should certainly clear things up.

We'll allow Every Day Should Be Saturday to detail the plethora of intriguing, masterfully written notes.

As if his perfectly ridiculous name wasn't enough to attract our attention.

7. Santonio Holmes

Violent battles with fans are never pretty, and certainly never worth the while or effort.

But Santonio Holmes' hacker apparently disagreed when he told a fan to find "the worst thing that you could drink n kill urself."

At least his grammar is pristine.

6. Carmelo Anthony

Kat Stacks vs. 'Melo and La La...a war for the ages.

Well, not really. But it sure was entertaining, although the star baller claimed his bird-like account was hacked after he left some pigeon seeds for anyone who'd "slap..." Kat Stacks.

Pure humor at its finest.

5. Ray Allen

Oh how we despise those raunchy hackers, the ones who essentially tarnish reputations with 140 dirty characters.

While he was thankful not to have manhood pictures thrust about the Internet, Ray Allen saw quite the jaw-dropping tweet surf the Internet faster than a bee-stung stallion.

But we trust the humble three-point sniper.

4. Tito Ortiz

A torn page out of Brett Favre's book, mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz watched a nude picture of himself, fully frontal, fully shocking, travel the world wide web faster than Singapore's economic growth.

Apparently tight boxing briefs and a sweaty exterior got boring...time to take it to the next level.

3. Jabar Gaffney

Amid a torrential Twitter downpour was a confused throng of followers and the most recent victim of Twitter hackage (we can officially add that to our social-networking verbiage).

The clues were juicy but not so clear-cut, as we're still attempting to put the pieces together.

Trash about not being able to find his "soon 2 be" ex wife, beef with Lito (Sheppard perhaps) and his future zip code whereabouts headlined some masterfully presented tweets.

2. Chuck Knoblauch

Sure, he finished his career unable to throw to first base, but we believe in Chuck Knoblauch's morals.

Trashing his own fiance? Doesn't seem very Knoblauch-esque.

He cleared things up.

1. Ty Lawson

The feisty Nuggets point guard took "one for the team" when he tweeted about the luck of the Kardashian in regards to a title ring:

"

I heard if u hit a kardashian u win a championship. Kim k holla me!!! I need ya for 17 min

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But considering she's filled almost every crevice of the WAG world, it's easy to see why her and her sister's conquests came out with shiny championship hardware.