4. The Manti Te'o Girlfriend Fakeout
It was the greatest relationship that never was. Sports fans were shocked when it was revealed in January that the heartbreaking story of Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o's brave late girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was nothing but a hoax.
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Deadspin reporters exposed the fraud in which a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo duped Te'o into thinking he was carrying on a romantic online relationship with a non-existent woman. The elaborate ruse included stories of Lennay surviving a car accident only to later die of leukemia. Alas, fans were devastated to learn Lennay was only a figment of someone's imagination.