losing money

As bizarre as it sounds, 21% of American adults agreed with the statement: "Winning the lottery represents the most practical way [for me] to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars." Those 21% couldn't be more wrong.

We learned last week that former NFL star Chris McAlister, a three-time Pro Bowler, is broke and living with his parents after just a year out of the league. But he's hardly the first sports icon to blow through the cash in a flash. In his honor, here are our 10 favorite professional asset-annihilating athletes.

Beyond windswept hair, here's another good reason to not drive a convertible -- things tend to fly out, like money.Reuters is reporting that a man lost 23,000 euros, or $31,180, when an envelope with money he had stuck in the passenger seat pocket of his convertible blew away during a test drive in...