Most Obviously Faked Injuries In Sports

Most Obviously Faked Injuries In Sports
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 27: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus drops her racquet after a point in her quarterfinal match against Serena Williams of the United States of America during day ten of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 27, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 27: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus drops her racquet after a point in her quarterfinal match against Serena Williams of the United States of America during day ten of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 27, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

When a player we don't like does it, we lambaste him. Call him a cheater. Say his theatrics are an attempt to compensate for lack of athletic skill. But when one of our favorites do it, we smirk and shake our heads and mumble something about how cunning he is. The faked injury—an aspect of the game that polarizes even our own selves.

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