In Pictures: Dumbest and craziest sports technology moments of 2012

From phony websites to regrettable tweets to Apple Siri chatter, it's clear athletes and technology often don't mix well

MELKY MADNESS

San Francisco Giant Melky Cabrera, shown here rounding the bases after hitting a two-run homer during the All-Star Game (of which he was name MVP), has been suspended for 50 games after failing a drug test with elevated levels of testosterone. As if that's not bad enough, he allegedly tried to cover up his rule breaking by taking part in a scheme to create a fake product website to show he was duped into taking a product spiked with testosterone.

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