#20 Adrian Cardenas
Adrian Cardenas decided he didn't want to play baseball anymore since the game was managed by companies. He retired to become a writer. He's now a well-known author of documentaries and non-fiction pieces for the New York Times.
#19 Big Country Reeves
Bryant Reeves, also known as Big Country, was a Grizzlies player. In 2011, he decided to leave the NBA, buy a little farm in Oklahoma and move there with his family. During the NBA he made almost $100 million, so leaving the city and buying the house wasn't a problem.
#18 Vince Joy
Vince Young used to be a well-known football player. He used to play for the Buffalo Bills. For many years he worked for the University of Texas in the Community Engagement Center but he was fired and since then he's doing little works in the community service.
#17 Chris Nowinski
Chris Nowinski is a former wrestler who is now the founder of The Concussion Legacy Foundation and an author, which is not a surprise since he graduated from Harvard in his youth. He wrote a best-seller novel: Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis about the long term effects of concussions in the brain.
#16 Luther Elliss
When his football career was done, Luther Elliss was indebted so he began working on a movement to get kids to play more sports, which is called "Play 60". He made more than $20 million during his whole career but he wasn't a good investor and he lost the majority of that.
#15 Brian Johnson
I'm sure you remember Johnson. He was a ballplayer who retired in 2001. Since then he's been working as a banker. He's now also a consultant who helps workers with differents conditions, ages, religions, and genders. These are his full-time occupations since he left his sports career.
#14 Jimmy Wang Yang
Who would ever though the former WWE star would end up working on a bus? Clearly not me! When he retired, he worked at apest control business for a while but he got fired and then bought a party bus he drives around the city every day. The bus is called "Jimmys Redneck Party Bus" in case if you wonder.
#13 Karl Malone
Malone used to be an NBA and Utah Jazz sensation but he's now far from that working in different jobs. He's a philanthropist, worked some time on the ESPN radio, and now owns a restaurant called "The Teriyaki Grill" and an ice cream shop in Louisiana where he and his family live.
#12 Dermontti Dawson
Dawson who used to be a successful football player now owns a baseball team, the Washington Wild Things. When he retired he started working as an intern for the Cincinnati Bengals and for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now he lives in San Diego and is working as a sales executive for a big company.
#11 Shandon Anderson
Anderson had played around 10 years in different teams of the NBA, he even won an NBA Championship with theMiami Heat. Today you can find him working as a chef in the vegan restaurant Drink Art, since he studied in the culinary school of New York after he retired from the NBA.
#10 Mark Wohlers
Since his retirement, the star has owned a real estate company called Team Wohlers, which he manages along with his wife. He decided to work on this company after his house and all his belongings burst into fire in the earlies 2000.
#9 Spike Dudley
Spike is a former wrestler known for his times in WWE. Nowadays, since he's a retired player, he works at MassMutual a company that helps people to get ready for the future in terms of college, children or even finantial problems. Dudley used to be very irresponsible and crazy back in the 90s but apparently he's a new and grown man now.
#8 David Wells
The two-time MLB World Series champion may have retired but he never stopped doing what he loves. Wells now works as the head coach of the baseball team of Point Loma High School, helping the high school kids to achieve their dreams.
#7 Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber was an NFL running back for the New York Giants where he made his fortune of more than $50 million. When he retired he started working on the Today Show on NBC, at a radio show and then in a couple of broadcasting shows about sports at CBS.
#6 Vinnie Johnson
Vinnie Johnson founded "The Piston Group" when he retired. The manufacturing company is a succees, he's the CEO of it and keeps managing it and supervising the partnerships with companies such as the Continental Teves.
#5 Deuce McAllister
Deuce opened a car dealership to undergo his bankruptcy but he ended up getting more debts. However, he could recover from that and now is a public speaker who warns people about financial mistakes and inform them about money and investments. He's made a good career in this business!
#4 Adrian Dantley
"I just did it for the kids. I just didn’t want to sit around the house all day." said the former NBA star when he was asked about his new job. He decided to work part-time helping the kids of his community by being a street-crossing guard in a public school. He also said he doesn't make it for the money!
#3 Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson, thegreatest pitcher of baseball, said that even though he enjoyed playing he gets more satisfaction when he uses his camera to capture different moments. After his retirement, he became a professional photographer, he even attended college at USC.
#2 Terrell Owens
T.O is a former football player who played in the National Football League. When he retired, he began a show on VH1 and then a podcast based on the NFL's players. After that he signed a contract with an agency and he's modeling nowadays. Even though he used to have a net worth of almost $100 million he's trying to pay his debts now.
#1 Vin Baker
Vin Baker used to be one of the world's more famous basketball players and now he has the more regular job of all, he works at Starbucks! After losing more than $100 million dollars the former basketball star has the chance to start over with a new job. The CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, offered him the job himself!
