Luis Suárez And The Horror Of The Bite

SI Staff | Apr 23, 2013

Luis Suárez And The Horror Of The Bite

Sunday's match wasn't Suarez's first biting incident: He was issued a seven-game ban during his time with Ajax for nibbling on PSV Eindhoven's Ottman Bakkal.

Mike Tyson famously bit Evander Holyfield's ear during their hotly anticipated rematch.

Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu picked up a fine and a suspension for biting the finger of Buffalo's Andrew Peters.

Danny Ainge received two stitches when Tree Rollins chomped on his finger during a 1983 altercation.

It was Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Cankucks who bit Boston's Patrice Bergeron during Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.

Rugby player Pedrie Wannenburg escaped without a suspension despite biting on the wrist of an opponent.

Leave it to Francisco Gallardo to bite ... somewhere ... in one of the wierder goal celebrations of all time.

Jermain Defoe's reaction to a foul from West Ham's Javier Mascherano was toothy indeed.