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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/19/2005 10:25:06 PM | I agree with every one
with one addition
I would say Tiger Woods is just about at legendary status in Golf, still young, but so dominant | |
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DKD15
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Joined: 4/18/2005
Msg: 55 | |
| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/20/2005 7:14:17 AM | Hoceky: Gretzky
Basketball: Mj
Baseball: babe ruth
Scocer: Becham
Paintball: Andy Copchuk (wins nppl/psp events with image,cali ironmen ,dynasty and he is canadain)
Skateboarding: mullen , tony is great and brings alot of new skaters into the sport.
Boxing: ali | |
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Garf
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Joined: 4/4/2005
Msg: 57 | |
| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/20/2005 5:28:02 PM | | Probably the most well known name, wherever you go on the planet would be a toss-up between Wayne Gretzky and Mohammed Ali | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/20/2005 10:18:23 PM | | Why hasnt anyone mentioned the King Richard Petty.MJ would of been a average player in the 60s.Does he have a rule about him. I dont think so. I beleive Wilt Camberlin is the one that the league decied to get the 3 second rule in.Ali is a great choice.How about Babe****rson as the top female athelte. She was a great golfer and track star | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/21/2005 4:05:23 AM | | well my legeond is got to be lance armstrong...win 7 tour de frances........name anyone else who has been as dominate in any other sport....but steve redgrave comes very close second ....5 gold medals over 20 years...... | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/21/2005 4:20:40 PM | Pele and Lance Armstrong great choices in their respective sports
but the greatest athlete of all time in any sport, and I will be condemmed for this opinion
but I think, the greatest, for what he had to overcome
He rode a bike, he golfed, played football, wrestled, skied, and so much more, while overcoming a not so svelt frame
the greatest athlete , my hero...................HOMER SIMPSON | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/23/2005 12:18:32 AM | | its gotta be air mike has to be not only is he the best dmn basketball player to grace the nba he is a gentleman as well although im sure he regrets never palying for the lakers lol tiger woods after winning one of the majors he was interviewed and the dude aksed him now you won wat you going to do to which tiger repied i wasnt happy with my swing going straight to the driving range to work on my swing and the dude had just won a major michael johnson deserves a mention the man was a legend he sh%ts gold medals he has so many lol | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/23/2005 12:21:22 AM | | um wayne who???? wat im guessing some canadian ice hockey palyer if im wrong proves you are gretzky dude i dont think so never heard of him pele, ali, yeah but um gretzky no man no u got it wrong | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/23/2005 10:35:43 AM | | I can agree with Cynic's premise, even if I disagree with some of his picks. As a lifelong NASCAR fan, I can tell you there were great racing legends before Dale Earnhardt was even a happy thought by Ralph (his father). This is an obvious choice by someone too young to remember the accomplishments of Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, Tim and Fonty Flock, Curtis Turner et.al.But you are absolutely correct that legends must exist by sport. | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/23/2005 10:46:34 AM | | And hey Backat1, you're also showing a generational bias, In football, you're overlooking Bobby Layne, Jim Brown, Tommy Nobis and contemporaries. Tennis had Bill Tilden, and Golf had Bobby Jones. You gotta leave a little room for us old guys. | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/24/2005 3:55:14 PM | | on the surface, i would prob say Jordan, Tiger Woods, Montana, or a bunch of others...but to say "number 1" i think it HAS to be someone that is soooo dominant in his/her sport....under those terms the aforementioned guys were but they still lost....I say Lance Armstrong. 7 IN A ROW! thats impressive, the guy cannot be beat....and he wins by HUGE margins | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/25/2005 10:45:40 PM | | the dude 12.......your a dumb ****..... bring it!.............................................................................****! | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/27/2005 5:45:27 PM | Richard Petty is no 1... he has twice as many wins as the next guy on the list...
Nolan Ryan is No 2... 7 no-no's, one of which was after age 40... 5,000 plus strikeouts and then there was the absolute bashing of Robin Ventura...
Wayne Gretzky along with Mark Messier (who was team captain, after all ?)
Bill Russell in basketball.. 3 more rings than Mike "a cow could get 30 points a game if it took that many shots" Jordan... or actually John Wooden, even though he didn't play
Don "the Snake" Prudohmme or Kenny Bernstein in drags (Angel Cordero honorable mention here)
Lance Armstrong
Haven Moses, Jesse Owens, and Evelyn Ashford in track (Al Oerter is another legend here)
football.. Lyle Alzado... every sports-bound kid on the planet ought to have to read his final article in Sports Illustrated explaining what he did while on steroids and what they did to him.. or Herschel Walker, who won three Superbowls for the Cowboys and wasn't even on the team when it happened...
Janet Evans and Mark Spitz in the water (Tracy Ruiz honorable mention)
Nadia Comanici
Mario Andretti, who won in Nascar, F1, Indy cars and the 24 hours of LeMans
Pele too. | |
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| who is the number 1 sporting legend?
Posted: 8/27/2005 7:58:45 PM | Not even Micheal Jordan comes close to the WORLDWIDE legend of ALI. MJ is a great marketing name that has reached the masses of those who live in countries where basketball is very popular.Boxing has had popularity in most EVERY country. Certainly on EVERY continent. From Afganistan to Zimbabwe the name of Ali is Legend.No other sports figure has stood as hero to so many.From developed to developing nations the name Ali has been Legend. I doubt that many native Cubans have heard much of MJ...many fewer if ANY have heard of Gretzski....but Ali is Legend. Pele may be second or third behind MJ.Gretzski is more of a Canadian/US/sports figure and worldwide is certainly behind Tiger Woods.Few sports figures have had heads of state from foriegn nations request their appearence.
1)Ali
2)Pele
3)MJ
4)Tiger Woods | |
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