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Undo revision 2001850 by Maddox121 (talk) Aside from how badly written this is, the books and recent game weren't at all "overshadowed" (if anything, this has gotten the game very high levels of success, occupying 4 for the top 5 best sellers).
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=== Sports ===
* Nowadays, people associate [[Mike Tyson]] more with his infamous "Bite Fight" with Evander Hollyfield and domestic violence issues which led to his conviction at some point. Though on a more positive note, people also remember Tyson as the final boss character in [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''; subsequent releases of the game omitted Tyson in favour of a generic boxer named "Mr. Dream"
* [[O.J. Simpson]] is better remembered for the murder scandal and subsequent "Trial of the Century" than any of his acting and/or sports credentials. His notoriety also spilled over somewhat to the fifth-generation Ford Bronco, especially when it gained national attention for being the vehicle used in a police chase involving Simpson. Ford discontinued the model two years later, but not due to the notoriety from the O.J. Simpson case, though the spectre of the O.J. Simpson chase still somewhat lingered on when Ford announced that they were to unveil the 2021 Bronco on July 9th, 2020, which coincidentally fell on Simpson's birthday.
* Zinedine Zidane's [[Use Your Head|headbutt]] episode with Italian player Marco Materazzi gained so much notoriety that it's basically what most people, especially those who have next to no knowledge of football, know of him. It didn't help that Zidane getting booted out of the field with a red card cost France its victory in the 2006 World Cup game with Italy, though it didn't seem to matter with Zidane as hearing his opponent's denigrating remarks against his sister was too much for him to tolerate. Initial speculation from British tabloid newspapers ''The Times'', ''The Sun'' and ''Daily Star'' claimed they hired lip readers and stated that Materazzi scoffed Zidane as "the son of a terrorist whore"; Materazzi disputed said claims, eventually winning public apologies from ''The Sun'' and ''Daily Star'' in 2008, as well as libel damages from all three British newspapers.
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