You can’t help but get the feeling that the likes of Chris Gayle and the recently retired Usain Bolt might enjoy the odd toke – they are Jamaican, after all – but that would all be unsubstantiated.

When it comes to Rolling Stone and their list of ‘The Biggest Stoners in Sports‘, however, things are a little more clear-cut.

Unfortunately their list is incredibly American, because apparently the sports world also revolves around the Land of the Free, but it’s still worth taking a look at who they’ve picked.

We’ll start with baseball pitcher Tim Linecum:

If there’s one athlete who not only tokes but looks the part of a stoner, it’s star ballplayer Tim Linecum. Popped for possession in 2009, the Giants giant with his flowing locks and laid back NorCal attitude could be a bona fide baseball poster boy for dope, with Frisco fans coining the supportive term “Let Timmy Smoke” in chants at AT&T Park as a result.

Heck, Linecum itself even alluded to his penchant for marijuana shortly immediately after scoring a World Series ring in 2010. When asked by ESPN what he thought fans were doing to celebrate the win, Linecum replied: “There’s a lot of craziness, I’m hoping. Beer flowing, smoke in the air.”

Nate Jackson

The former tight end and star player for the Denver Broncos between 2003-2008, Jackson is an outspoken proponent of changing the NFL’s stance having a stash of grass. Most notably, the football ace penned a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times about his views, appropriately titling it “The NFL’s Absurd Marijuana Policy.” He’s also a member of the Gridiron Cannabis Coalition, a football weed advocacy group.

Ricky Williams

Behold the legend of the Texas Tornado, Ricky Williams. An ace college football player and winner of the Heisman Trophy back in 1998, Williams turned to the sticky icky after getting diagnosed with clinical depression and social anxiety disorder. A former spokesman for Paxil, Williams turned his back on the drug and began toking up, going so far to say that “Marijuana is 10 times better for me than Paxil.”

As a result, Williams was in and out of the league, failing not one, not two, but three drug tests– all in two year’s time and bouncing between the Saints, Dolphins, Ravens and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Since his retirement, Williams been an outspoken weed advocate, with the former player recently partnering in the opening of a ganja-friendly gym dubbed Power Plant Fitness in San Francisco. (Get it?)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Long before he ruled both Hollywood as a moviestar and California as governor, Ah-nuld famously took the world of bodybuilding by storm, winning Mr. Olympia seven times. But in between his reps on the weight bench, Schwarzenegger partook in the green stuff, with the Terminator even seen smoking a joint in his classic documentary Pumping Iron. To his credit, Arnold didn’t forget his roots while governor of California with the state one of the first to loosen its weed laws under his leadership.

Nate and Nick Diaz

Stoner siblings and UFC stars Nick and Nate Diaz are unabashed fandom of the green stuff. With Nate, the dude went so far to call himself the “Number One athletic stoner – besides Michael Phelps” and has no qualms lighting up his vape in front of the spotlight of TV cameras. Meanwhile, brother Nick has become the ultimate marijuana martyr after years of bong-inspired braggadocio. (The guy even once told the Los Angeles Times: “I can pass a drug test in eight days with herbal cleansers. I drink 10 lbs of water and sweat out 10 lbs of water every day. I’ll be fine.”)

Unfortunately, Diaz was not fine. In 2015, the the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended him for five years after failing a drug test in spectacular fashion. While it was later reduced, Diaz hasn’t been in a ring professionally since.

I’m sure there are many more examples, but we’re going to finish with one of the most famous sports / drugs stories out there.

If you can spare four-and-a-half minutes, the story of Dock Ellis having the best game of his baseball career whilst off his rocker on LSD will make your day:

[source:rollingstone]