A Recent History of Sports Baby Mama Drama

Yesterday, families all over the country celebrated Mother's Day. It was a day that allowed all of us to reflect on everything that our mothers do and have done for us. However, for some athletes, Mother's Day is a stressful reminder of life-changing decisions that they made in the past.

Yes, we're talking about decisions like impregnating a groupie in the back of an RV (one NBA player is accused of doing such). We're talking about decisions that bring about baby mama drama. From Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade to Michael Strahan and Kroy Biermann, check out A Recent History of Sports Baby Mama Drama.

Michael Strahan

Baby Mama: Jean Muggli

Michael Strahan divorced his wife of seven years, Jean Muggli, back in 2006. Strahan had to fork over $15 million and also has to pay $180K per month in child support--including $27,000 on clothing--because Jean said their toddler daughters "love accessories." Ever had the urge to quit your job and get impregnated by an athlete? Ayo!

Tiki Barber

Baby Mama: Ginny Cha

After 11 years of marriage Tiki decided to call it quits with his wife, Ginny Cha in 2009. No big deal, right? After all, the divorce rate for first marriages is around 50 percent anyway. True, but this one was particularly ugly. It was ugly because Tiki decided to dip when Ginny was pregnant with their twin daughters. On top of that, he left her for a 23-year-old former NBC intern, Traci Lynn Johnson. Barber and Johnson got married last year. Tiki has four children from Ginny to support and a new wifey. God we hope his ridiculous Thuzio site pops off. If not for him, at least for the kids.

Dwight Howard

Baby Mama: Royce Reed

Wait, the same bible thumping dude who wanted to incorporate the holy cross into the NBA logo a few years back has a child outside of wedlock? Yup. And according to unconfirmed reports he has a few children by a few different women. But we'll just focuse on the confirmed case of Royce Reed.

Howard had a son with the former Orlando Magic dancer in 2007 but things quickly turned sour afterward. In 2010 things got so bad that Dwight filed and won a defamation suit in 2010 which prohibited her from talking about him in the media. Their legal battles continued into late 2012 when Reed asked for $100K to have Howard pay for her lawyer fees in the custody battle for their son. The battle is still going on. Word of advice to all you ballers: Anytime your girl ends up on Basketball Wives, you fucked up somewhere along the way. #justsayin'

Gilbert Arenas

Baby Mama: Laura Govan

No one has clowned Gilbert Arenas worse than his ex-wife Laura Govan--not even David Stern. Before serving Arenas with child support papers during halftime of an Orlando Magic game, she cleared out the disgraced baller's mansion by packing up most of his possessions in a moving truck and splitting town. Ouch. Proving to be more durable in the love game than he is on the basketball court, Arenas Twitter mentioned his way back in to Govan's life. Now reconciled, a VH1 reality show seems like a logical next step for the tumultuous couple.

Michael Turner

Baby Mamas: Maria Grissom, Rasheeda Walker, and allegedly many more

Michael Turner's alleged fifth baby mama, Maria Grissom, launched a "get to know your baby" Twitter campaign with a picture of their daughter and a not so subtle caption of "Michael Turner daughter, my sweetie... Let's pray he decide to see her one day this year."

Besides being called out in 160 characters or less, Turner made headlines last year for reportedly breaking up a girl-on-girl fight at his home between a golf club wielding Elizabeth Delacruz (his then-girlfriend) and Rasheeda Walker (one of his five baby mamas).

Tiger Woods

Baby Mama: Elin Nordegren

Women: can't live with them, can't cheat on them with three dozen reality show castoffs and amateur porn stars without them swinging at your melon with a nine iron. A few days after his relationship with Rachel Uchitel was reported in the Daily Enquirer, Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade after an alleged domestic dispute with his wife Elin.

In the following weeks, stories surfaced seemingly everyday about Woods' torrid affairs with dozens of casual partners. Elin was rewarded a $110M divorce settlement and Tiger's fantasy lifestyle came to a graceless end.

Terrell Owens

Baby Mamas: "Kimber," "Melanie," and "Monique"

You know you're baby mama drama is out of control when it gets its own feature episode on Dr. Phil. Last year, three women—who all claimed that Terrell Owens was behind on child support payments—accosted the six-time pro bowler on national TV.

Highlights include one woman's claim that Owens has only seen his even-year-old daughter "12 times," that he "doesn't send Christmas gifts," and that he "exploits" his children by only appearing them in public when needs to "bolster his image." Yikes. We didn't think it was possible, but T.O.'s as bad at being a dad as he is at being a teammate.

Antonio Cromartie

Baby Mama: Rhonda Patterson

Back in 2012, the Jets were no doubt the NFL's most entertaining team. There were classic moments like Bart Scott's epic "Can't wait!" postgame interview and head coach Rex Ryan's foot fetish being exposed. But no moments were as ridiculous as this short clip from HBO's Hard Knocks where Antonio Cromartie is struggling to list all of his kids. Real talk though, there's nothing funny about having to do arithmetic (we peeped you counting fingers) just to keep track of how many kids you have. Oh yeah, the baby mama drama is a beast, too.

One of Cromartie's nine baby mothers, Rhonda Patterson, decided to write a tell-all book, Intercepted: A Tale of Football, Falling and Failing in Love, on Antoine's affinity for infidelity (with 12 kids by nine women, ya don't say!), love of flirting on social networks, and intimate details of his sex life. Anytime an ex or baby mama writes a book about you, it's never a good look. Anytime there's the potential for eight other women to do the same, it's a really bad look.

Kroy Biermann

Baby Mama: Kim Zolciak

When you marry a bag from Bravo's Real Housewives series, by definition, you're going to find yourself in some drama. These days, Kroy Biermann plays more defense in the gossip rags than he does for the Atlanta Falcons. The defensive end now has to swat down weekly cheating allegations like Drew Brees passes to the flat, while his wife tries to cave in NeNe Leaks' forehead with a Jimmy Choo heel on TV. We totally expect their kids to be well adjusted.

Albert Haynesworth

Baby Mama: Silvia Mena

Albert Haynesworth cut all ties with exotic dancer Silvia Mena after she claimed to be pregnant with his child. Apparently oblivious to Haynesworth's professional football career, Mena was shocked by the defensive tackle's lack of loyalty and sued him for $10M. Since you can't sue people for not wanting to be your boyfriend, the case was dismissed.

Brian Urlacher

Baby Mama: Tyna Robertson

Brian Urlacher's baby momma, Tyna Robertson, had an $11M judgment filed against her for making false sexual assault allegations against Lord of the Dance, Michael Flately. Yeah, let that one sink in for a second. Those actions alone are reason enough to pin Robertson to this list, but it actually gets worse. In 2008, she made a plea in court to bar Urlacher from seeing their son because the former Bears linebacker painted the child's toenails and allowed him to rock Cinderella pull-up diapers. Between Urlacher's decision to date Paris Hilton and father a child with this crazy bat, the debilitating effects of repeated head trauma have never appeared more obvious.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Baby Mama: Josie Harris

Floyd Mayweather's prison stint last summer stems from the boxer pleading guilty to domestic violence charges related to an attack on his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his children, Josie Harris. This wasn't the first time that domestic violence charges were brought up against the champ. We'd go in on how we feel about world class boxers beating up on women but we couldn't do it any better than Ruben Guerrero. Watch and enjoy this classic PSA.

Chris Bosh

Baby Mama: Allison Mathis

According to his ex-girlfriend, Allison Mathis, Chris Bosh insisted that the two have a kid out of wedlock and even took her to fertility treatments. Now that he's married to Adrienne Bosh, pulling in a max contract and living in a $12.5M mansion, he pays a paltry $2,600 a month in child support. Like many before her, Mathis tried to make a few bucks and dog her old squeeze by starring in VH1's Basketball Wives, but Bosh sued to prevent her from appearing on the show. SMH. All deadbeat dads eventually end up in Florida, which might explain Chris Bosh's decision to play in Miami.

Royce White

Baby Mamas: Fatima Jaed, Jasmine Mattison

Royce White has played a grand total of zero NBA minutes but the Rockets rookie arguably made more headlines than Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard. Unfortunately, he's made the news for all the wrong reasons. First there was his dispute with the Rockets over his anxiety disorder then there were multiple women coming forth saying they were impregnated by White.

Over the last year, reports have come out of White fathering five children with five different women. The latest being a "friend" who he allegedly impregnated in an RV then blocked on Twitter after he found out she was pregnant. Another lady, Fatima Jaed, claims he gave her $20,000 for an abortion she never went through with. SMH. Stay classy and wrap it up, kids.

Mario Chalmers

Baby Mama: Brittany Burrough

Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers found himself in some hot water this month when his college sweetheart (and the mother of his daughter) reopened a child support case from 2012. Brittany Burrough took Chalmers to court last year and proved that he was the father of her daughter, Queen Elizabeth (yes, that's actually what she named this poor child).

Chalmers was originally ordered to pay $2,500 a month and was making his payments regularly but once Burrough found out about the guard's new contract which brings him $4 million a year, she asked the judge to restructure their agreement. Something tells us Chalmers has better chance of winning another ring this year than he does avoiding having to fork up more loot to his baby mama.

LeSean McCoy

Baby Mama: Steph (aka Twitter user @Angelface0330)

Lots of athletes have experienced baby mama drama. But very few have experienced it as publicly as the Eagles running back did back in January 2013. After the mother of his son tried to contact him on Twitter, he went off on her, sending her tweets like, "I never look or speak to u…Once u lied bout birth control ya life was created…B 4 that u was a nobody dirty alley girl," and, "I hit u n a week without knowing ya name…My son the only reason u have a life u broke stop frontn on IG…U BUM." Then, he asked his Twitter followers to direct similar messages in her direction—and they did. It was an ugly situation all around, and we're guessing it hasn't gotten any better.

Adrian Peterson

Baby Mama: Erica Syion

Last October, AP was forced to play a game with a very heavy heart after his 2-year-old son Tyrese was murdered by his mother's boyfriend. But shortly after the news about the child's death came out, several media outlets reported that the Vikings running back had never actually met Tyrese. They also pointed out that Peterson had at least six other children with multiple women. And TMZ revealed that Syion, the mother of one of AP's children, had actually sued him for more than $50,000 in unpaid child support in early 2013. It turned a really tragic tale into an even sadder observation of all of the baby mama drama surrounding Peterson.

Dwyane Wade

Baby Mama: Aja Metoyer

On November 10, 2013, D-Wade's third son Xavier Zechariah Wade was born. The only problem? His mother was not Wade's longtime girlfriend and current fiancée Gabrielle Union. Instead, Wade had gotten Metoyer pregnant during a break in his relationship with Union. So when news about the baby came out shortly after Wade and Union were engaged, everyone freaked out and speculated about the state of their relationship. It didn't lead to them breaking up. But it did lead to some tense times for Wade, who has played a very active role in the lives of his other two sons and even written a book about fatherhood.

Arian Foster

Baby Mama: Brittany Norwood

Back in January, Norwood—a 20-year-old University of Houston student—filed a lawsuit against the Texans running back. In it, she claimed that she had an affair with Foster, who is married, during the summer of 2013 that led to her getting pregnant. But when she told him about it, she alleges that he became very upset and told her not to have the child. Additionally, she filed a restraining order against Foster after he allegedly sent her several threatening text messages. The baby is due next month and, because Foster responded to Norwood's lawsuit with a lawsuit of his own, we get the feeling this drama isn't going to end anytime soon.

Paul George

Baby Mama: A Miami stripper named "Daniela"

The details surrounding this baby mama drama are still pretty vague, which is how George seems to want to keep it. But according to TMZ Sports, he hooked up with "Daniela" back in 2013 and reportedly got her pregnant. However, he wasn't on board with the pregnancy and, according to rumors, offered "Daniela" $1 million to have an abortion. In a statement released a short time after the news of the pregnancy leaked out, a rep for George denied that rumor and George himself said that he would embrace the child "if and when there is legal confirmation that I am the father." But that doesn't exactly sound like "I'm so excited to have a baby and I'm going to be there for it forever!" to us.