from www.bleacherreport.com – With the calming, yet eccentric effect that women continue to have on the sports world being so iconic and dissected by the media, one can only imagine how far in the connections travel.

The constant affairs are almost always met with high-profile controversy that corrupts the athlete’s personal life and career, as well as a payoff or tedious battle in court. But the most illustrious throng of female actresses must play a role.

Porn stars have subtly worked their way into the world of sports affairs.

While Tiger Woods has seemingly become the poster boy for extramarital affairs, there have undoubtedly been more athletes with haunted pasts than athletes with successful careers in their field. Many surely met the acquaintance of a provocative actress or two.

Here are the best sports and porn connections.

Enjoy.

18. Samantha Ryan Excites the Crowd

While this 2010 Kansas game seemed like just another dominating performance by the No. 2 Jayhawks, after they defeated No. 5 Kansas State 82-65, it was a bit more juicy than that.

With rich graduates, former players, donors, media and a porn star gracing the court-side seats, fans were left waiting for more excitement… until they realized an actual pornographic actress was sitting front row.

Apparently Kansas assistant coach Kurtis Townsend thought it would be a sexy idea to give tickets to porn star Samantha Ryan.

It’s safe to say few of his superiors disagreed.

17. Rashad Butler

With the news of BiBi Jones and Rob Gronkowski going viral, fans are beginning to question a deeper connection between sports and porn that hasn’t been previously researched.

Offensive Tackle Rashad Butler is making his own news in the porn industry, considering he is allegedly dating porn star Mya G.

While it may be hard to find pictures of her with clothes on, she has quite the task ahead of her.

Keep this man off the Internet.

16. Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson

While this Mexican-American mixed martial artist is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Tito Oritz is also seemingly an entrepreneur, as he founded and is the current CEO of the Punishment Athletics MMA equipment and clothing line.

However, he didn’t quite make the brightest decision of his life when he started dating porn star Jenna Jameson in 2006 after meeting her on Myspace.

He was arrested in 2010 for alleged domestic abuse against Jameson.

Things got ugly quick as he supposedly blamed her for being addicted to Oxycontin.

It’s not helping the aging process.

15. Two Peas in a Pod- Ron Jeremy and Stan Van Gundy

While Orlando Magic Head Coach Stan Van Gundy evidently has no affiliation to porn, he looks oddly similar to the illustrious Ron Jeremy.

There is little doubt in the sports world that the two of these eccentric individuals have an ancestral connection.

This could turn out to be the biggest porn controversy ever in sports.

14. Peja Stojakovic Misses Mightily

After spending a night with porn star Sienna West, despite being married to Greek model Aleka Kamila, Peja Stojakovic couldn’t have been pleased with the results.

Her tweet following the exchange was provocative to say the least, and Stojakovic gave his fans plenty of reason to be angry with his decision.

As his three-point shot continues to diminish, so does his decision-making ability.

13. Tiger Woods Attends Joslyn James’ Class

While his score off the green is almost as large as his final tally in an 18-hole match, Tiger Woods really inspired the tabloids and obsessive fans when it was leaked that he was involved with porn stars Holly Sampson and Joslyn James.

Despite James’ obvious teaching ability, she couldn’t get anything across to him about loyalty.

12. Brittney Skye Is the Limit

It was undoubtedly a quiet, sunny day at Olympia Fields Country Club during the final round of the 2003 U.S. Open, with Jim Furyk concentrating on his next shot… until something strange, albeit sexy occurred.

Porn star Brittney Skye decided to duck under a boundary rope and sprint onto the putting green, topless and featuring the URL of an online casino on her chest and back, only to present a flower to Furyk.

His heart surely stopped for more than a few moments.

11. Al Cowlings Has His Own Situation

While he is known for his defensive line play for six teams during his nine-year career and his role in the O.J. Simpson drama, Al Cowlings also had quite the fling with porn star Devon Shire.

It may have been his patented move to say he knew O.J., but in a 1995 interview with Cheri Magazine, his former squeeze claimed that Cowlings had called her during the saga and told her “O.J. did it.”

These two were undoubtedly just yearning for appreciation.

10. Kim Kardashian Decides to Experiment

While neither one of these media hogs may be porn stars, Kim Kardashian and Ray J seemingly felt inclined to spice up their love life and produce a provocative video.

The video not only went viral, but fans undoubtedly yearned for more.

On the other hand, they’d likely prefer if the video featured just the pretentious socialite.

9. Bibi Jones Pays Rob Gronkowski a Visit

While he continues to dominate opposing defenses and impress fans with his five touchdowns and 401 yards receiving, Rob Gronkowski is now garnering the attention of a porn star.

It seems the New England Patriots Tight End found the perfect way to spend his bye week.

Spending it with BiBi Jones seems ideal.

8. National Porn Sunday

What was seen as Super Bowl Sunday and perhaps the best day of 2011 for Green Bay Packers fans was also National Porn Sunday.

As provocative and comical as that sounds, it’s realistically an anti-pornography event near Dallas that is sponsored by an organization called XXX Church.

With defensive lineman Ryan Pickett and quarterbacks Josh McCown and Matt Hasselbeck being huge supporters, the porn industry is seemingly facing plenty of opposition.

7. Barry Bonds

After a three-day adventure with this porn star in 1994, Barry Bonds saw his life change forever.

Devon Shire claimed that the San Francisco Giants slugger knocked her up, and it was downhill from there.

While his wife left him the following May, Bonds wasn’t even close to the pain he would feel from the steroid controversy that eventually tarnished his reputation.

This guy couldn’t catch a break.

6. Kazuhito Tadano’s Haunted Past

While he may have had a cup of coffee with the Cleveland Indians in 2004, Japanese pitcher Kazuhito Tadano has something quite unique on his resume that separates him from his peers.

During his youth, Tadano appeared in what he calls a one-time incident.

According to the regretful ballplayer, he participated in this homosexual video because he needed money, was young and was in college.

He claims he is not homosexual, although his past disagrees with that notion.

5. Jake the Snake Plummer

Many fans have undoubtedly been wondering where Jake Plummer took his strong arm and mediocre mustache after retiring from the NFL in 2007.

While he is now known as an avid four-wall handball player, we believe he has the look of a porn star and likely took his talents to the camera.

His nickname almost fits too perfectly for the industry.

4. Jennifer Capriati Can’t Return This Serve

She may be a former world No. 1 ranked professional tennis player and the winner of three women’s singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments, but Jennifer Capriati is arguably more well known for high-profile relationship with porn star Dale DaBone from 2003 to 2009.

After Capriati overdosed on prescription drugs in 2010, her ex came out and said she was just reacting to the news that he had gone back into adult movies.

He must’ve been an atrocious actor, and she was scared for his viewers.

3. Exxxotic Preparation

Apparently Chicago’s Major Wright, Kansas City’s Eric Berry and Brandon Flowers, Houston’s Kareem Jackson and Oakland receiver Jacoby Ford thought it would be acceptable to have their pictures on advertisement for the Exxxotica Expo 2011 held in Miami.

It turned into an “intellectual property issue,” according to NFL vice president of corporate communications Brian McCarthy, considering the players were wearing their professional jerseys.

They seem quite out of place on this poster.

2. The Mysterious Porn Room

Fans may have despised the dirty, crumbling nature of Shea Stadium, but they can’t deny being curious of the supposed porn room that existed.

During an interview with Dan Patrick on his radio show, Al Leiter stumbled over the question regarding the illustrious den.

Perhaps they could’ve squeezed another victory out of the Subway Series if they didn’t have so many distractions.

1. Improving the Day Job

Once an Atlanta Hawks dancer known as Briana Blair, this beauty is seemingly splitting hairs with her career change.

Now Brandy Blair, the recently-turned porn star is undoubtedly using her dancing skills to her advantage.

It’s essentially the same job, but with significantly less clothes.