Sometimes athletes just can't resist the temptations they come across. Athletes tend to meet a lot more people than the average person. Many are in serious relationships before they reach their fame, and when they reach fame and fortune, they just can't avoid the trap of straying from their spouse. Oftentimes athletes will be in serious relationships outside of their marriage for years, without their spouses finding out. Other times, an athlete will simply spend an evening with a woman and hope to never see her again, but she'll eventually come forward with details about said athlete.

The athletes on this list all saw their extramarital relationships end badly, as the relationship either ended with someone getting hurt, or the athlete being outed and embarrassed in the entire ordeal. There are certain affairs we'll just never know about, as sometimes these side girlfriends will happily stay with the athlete, despite them being in a committed relationship. Here are some of those relationships that ended badly for the athlete involved and prove why infidelity is never a good idea. Hopefully, others can take these stories as tales of warning and avoid making the same mistakes.

15 Lamar Odom Digs Himself Into A Big Hole

Anything with the last name Kardashian you know will end badly. For Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian, their marriage didn't last long and Lamar was even messing around with various substances while married to Khloe. The two met in 2009 and even had their own show called Khloe and Lamar. Lamar Odom a Los Angeles Laker had a busy lifestyle being a basketball player and being on a reality TV show. During the relationship, Odom had substance abuse issues. Those issues came to a full head when Odom was caught in a brothel in Las Vegas and ended up in a coma due to various substances he had taken that day. Lamar was unfaithful to Khloe and if he was found in a place like that, who knows how many women Lamar was with while married to Khloe. Obviously, this affair ended badly for Lamar.

14 Kobe Bryant's Hotel Room Case

In 2011 Kobe Bryant's wife filed for divorce because he was being unfaithful to her according to TMZ. Bryant told his teammates that he was cheating on his wife which his teammates then told their wives. Then the wives to Vanessa Bryant. She had enough and got away from the NBA Champion. Bryant has two children with Vannessa.

Back in 2003 Bryant admitted to having a consensual encounter with a 19-year-old but denied the assault allegations she had placed on him. Eventually the case was dropped and Vancessa forgave him, but obviously this scandal ended up being the biggest black mark on Bryant's career. Even to this day, the allegations have come back to Bryant, as there's a petition going around to have his recent Oscar win revoked due to the old allegations.

13 Tiger Woods: Of Course

Tiger Woods was on top of the world at one time. He was the greatest golfer in the world and seemed poised to break every record in sight. That all went out the window when his wife found out he was sleeping with other women. We all remember the time that Elin Nordegren chased him out of the house with a golf club. Two weeks before that he won the Masters in Australia by two strokes. Woods had an affair with Rachel Uchitel an New York City nightclub waitress. She was spotted checking into the same hotel as him when he was playing in the Australia Masters. When Elin got his phone and started to pretend to be Tiger texting Rachel she called her right away and said to Rachel. "I knew it was you, I know everything."

Once Uchitel's affair with Tiger came to light, more girlfriends of his came forward and many were under the impression Tiger was committed to them, when in reality, Woods was all over the place. It turned out to be messy for all involved.

12 Steve McNair's Extramarital Relationship Ends In Tragedy

Steve McNair was the most beloved quarterback in Tennessee Titans history, but what happened to him was very tragic.

McNair had only been retired from football for a couple of years before his extramarital affair ultimately ended up costing him his life. McNair was shot in his sleep by his 20-year-old girlfriend Shael Kazemi. McNair of course, was married with kids and never got the chance to explain himself. After shooting McNair, Kazemi took her own life and police ruled it a homicide.

Before the shooting reports said Kazemi had been stressed out over not being able to make her car payments and Kazemi also believed that she was not McNair's only girlfriend. Just a tragic ending and a complete disaster.

11 Terrell Owens Fathers Children With A Few Too Many Women

Owens wasn't married at the time of these affairs, but obviously, many women were hurt in this case, as Owens fathered children with various women. It ended with several of them coming forward on Dr. Phil and revealing Owens had been missing child support payments. Owens revealed that since he hadn't been playing in the NFL, he could no longer afford his child support payments.

Terrell Owens doesn't seem to be the marrying type. That was the case in 2014 when he divorced just three days after getting married. He married to Rachel Snider on January 23,2014 and separated on January 26th 2014. The divorce was filed on Valentine's Day and he said after telling TMZ. "Not to be mean or negative but I'm honestly glad it's over with. I'm no longer associated with that person. I learned my lesson and my life is in a much happier place." Owens had a great career on the field but his career with women needs lots of work.

10 Hulk Hogan's Unfaithfulness Is Caught On Tape

Admittedly, a lot of the timeline remains a mystery as to when exactly Hulk Hogan engaged in extramarital affair while married to his wife Linda, but this particular session happened to be caught on tape and wound up being released to the public six years after it took place. Hogan spent an evening with Heather Clem, and after the tape was released to the public, it left Hogan humiliated. That wasn't the worst of it though. Just three years later, more audio from the incident was released and in it, Hogan was caught making some racist comments over the men his daughter Brooke was seeing at the time. The comments ended up costing Hogan his job with the WWE and he hasn't been welcomed back since. Who ever knew one regrettable night would be causing all this trouble all this time later?

9 Michael Jordan's Girlfriend Of 10 Years Spills Details

Michael Jordan was married to Juanita Jordan for most of his NBA career, but more and more stories have popped up over how MJ was unfaithful throughout his marriage. His infidelity ended up playing a big part in Juanita being handed one of the biggest divorce settlements ever handed out at $168 million. However, one of MJ's former girlfriends also benefited from the affair. In fact, she demanded even more from His Airness. Jordan offered Karla Knafel $5 million to stay quiet about the ongoing affair, but Knafel sued Jordan in 2002 after the affair concluded, saying Jordan had told her he only married Juanita to maintain his public good guy image. While Jordan won the case against Knafel, Knafel speaking up led to Jordan's marriage to Juanita ending.

8 Alberto Del Rio And Paige's Relationship Begins While Del Rio Is Still Married

This is a classic he said, she said case. Professional wrestlers Paige and Alberto Del Rio revealed they were in a relationship in mid 2016, but according to Del Rio's ex-wife Angela Velkei, the two were still legally married while Del Rio was openly in a relationship with Paige. The two even ended up getting engaged and were set to be married, but the wedding ended up getting pushed back and they never ended up marrying. The two split in late 2017 with the two citing their busy schedules as to why they couldn't stay together. The entire relationship seemed doomed to fail though, as both were accused of domestic violence, with it being unclear as to who the instigator was. It's probably for the best that this whole relationship ended.

7 Alex Rodriguez Can't Resist Madonna

Alex Rodriguez not only cheated in baseball but he also cheated on his wife. In 2008 A-Rod's wife filed for divorce over marital misconduct and how he he was more than friends with Madonna. A-Rod and Cynthia were married for five years before she came down hard on him. She wrote in the divorce papers that her husband "emotionally abandoned his wife and children." At the time Cynthia asked primary custody of the children Natasha Alexander and Ella Alexander. She also wanted child support from the star athlete. Rodriguez's ex-wife also went so far as to say she felt Madonna brainwashed him, by teaching him Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism. Even after A-Rod's relationship with Madonna ended, he seemingly couldn't get over her, which is why Kate Hudson broke up with him later, as she revealed A-Rod refused to stop calling her.

6 John Terry Betrays His Teammate

John Terry and Wayne Bridge were teammates at Chelsea and for the national team in England, but their relationship was forever strained when allegations began to surface that Terry had slept with Bridge's girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel. Some rumors even went so far as to say that Terry had actually fathered Perroncel's child. Some of the allegations were never proven to be true, but the incident was enough for England national coach Fabio Capello to strip Terry of his captaincy. The speculation was furthered a few months later when Bridge refused to shake Terry's hand prior a match (Bridge was now on an opposing team):

"The most disappointing aspect of it all is that I'm probably more famous for not shaking someone's hand than I am for playing football,' Bridge told The Sun.

"I get abuse walking down the street now and I let it go in one ear and out the other. It's a handshake after all, nothing more."

5 Paul Terry's Habits Have Dire Consequences

You read about John Terry a little earlier, now it's time to look at Paul Terry, who committed a similar action to John, engaging in an affair with a teammate's significant other. Dale Roberts was Terry's teammate and the story surfaced not long after John Terry's supposed affair with Wayne Bridge's girlfriend. Unfortunately, this case had a very tragic ending. Roberts took his own life at 24 years old, reportedly because he couldn't cope with the shame he felt from the incident. In one of Roberts' final interviews before his passing, he made it clear how difficult the entire ordeal had been on him:

"It's true, she told me she'd been seeing Paul. 'We've split up. I'm trying to get my head around it all, it's only just happened. I'm a bit messed up. 'It's bad enough she's done it at all but the fact that it is with him, one of my teammates, makes it that much harder to bear."

4 Stephon Marbury Gets Personal With His Personal Chef

Stephon Marbury had an affair with his personal chef and offered her millions to keep the affair quiet. He hooked up with the chef named Thurayyah Mitchell five times during her time as his personal chef. When Marbury let her go in 2006 Mitchell said she was harassed. He felt he did nothing wrong and offered $900,00 according to TMZ to keep her quiet. An arbitrator eventually ended up rewarding her $330,000. Marbury was married to Latasha and were on Basketball Wives together. Believe it, or not the two are still married but the relationship with Mitchell ended in a disaster. We wonder if Marbury's wife insisted on only hiring male chefs from there on out. Hasn't Marbury ever heard of the expression not to poop where you eat?

3 Shaq Faces Crazy Allegations From Vanessa Lopez

Sometimes athletes really have to be careful as to who they engage in affairs with. Well, it's never a good idea in the first place, but you know what we mean. Anyway, Shaquille O'Neal has been pretty honest in recent years over how women were always his vice and he engaged in many affairs. But this one to Vanessa Lopez took an ugly turn. Lopez had been with other NBA players and the warning signs were there that she'd try to squeeze whatever she could out of them. After her affair with Shaq, Lopez alleged that Shaq had been “launch[ing] a campaign to harass her and make her fear for her safety."

Lopez took the matter to court, but the judge wasn't buying it, saying Lopez was making a mockery of the justice system. Shaq was eventually able to obtain a protective order against her.

2 Tony Parker Ends Two Marriages In One Shot

Eva Longoria ended her three year marriage to Tony Parker supposedly because he was unfaithful. She found out he had been sending personal text messages to another woman but the relationship never became physical. Parker was texting Erin Barry, the wife of former teammate Brent Barry according to Sports Illustrated. The reports were he was flirty with her but never did anything physical to Barry.

Various sources the two were leaning and supporting one another as their marriages were falling apart. Not a good look for Parker and even if the marriage was falling apart. Longoria finding the texts was the last straw of the marriage. There have been allegations there was in fact more, but all we know is that two marriages ended (Parker's and Barry's) after the texts were discovered.

1 Jeff Gordon Pays Big Time

Jeff Gordon and Brooke Sealey were married nine years. Then they went through a nasty divorce. She said her marriage was broken. According to a report from frostsnow.com Brooke stated "irretrievably broken as a result of the husband's marital misconduct." That can only mean one thing he was cheating on her and she found out. It lasted about 16 months and was finalized on June 13, 2003. It was one of the most expensive sports divorces in history as a total of $15.3 million went to Sealey once everything was finalized. Gordon would move on after the disaster of the divorce to Brooke and got married to Ingrid Vandebosch. The two now have two children together.

Hopefully, these stories showed how much infidelity can cost you.