Your Favorite Athletes Ever (?)

[ChristopherPaul]

For all those who are ready to explode with all your biases from the other thread, this is where you can lay down who the actual greatest - ahem, favorite - athletes are... in your opinion of course.

 

[CalsFarmer]

Florence Griffith Joyner

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Michael Jordan
Phil Ford
Vince Carter
Antawn Jamison
Sean May
Steve Hale
Kenny Smith
Julius Peppers
Ed Cota
Walter Davis
James Worthy
Sam Perkins
Joe Theisman
Art Monk
Jerry Rice
Joe Montana
Dan Marino
John Elway
Curt Schilling
Ted Williams
Jim Thorpe
Jesse Owens
Roger Bannister
Jim Ryun
Tony Waldrop
Eric Liddell
Pete Maravich
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Kevin McHale
Robert Parrish
Clyde Drexler
Doug Flutie
Mark Spitz

 

[ChristianTrader]

Is there a Carolina bias somewhere????

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[SmokingFlax]

I don't know that he's my favorite or anything but...speaking of NC bias and Vince Carter:

Did anyone else see when he literally jumped over that 7 foot tall Lithuanian guy's head (in the Olympics a few years ago) -for a slam-dunk!!!

That was pretty amazing.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Vince Carter dunks over France's 7'2" Frederic Weis in the 2000 Olympics:

 

[SmokingFlax]

Lithuania, France...what's the difference?

As for my favorites....hmmmmmm???

I guess lately I've been keeping an eye on Carmelo Anthony ever since he led Syracuse to their 1st NCAA basketball championship a few years ago -as a freshman. He's got the skills but I'm afraid that he might fade into the dope and party sub-culture in the NBA...Denver should do well this year, they hav a good stable of athletes and a decent coach.

Michael Vick can sure be electrifying at times but that type of play doesn't usually last too long in the NFL...Donovan McNabb used to run like that in his first couple years too but now it seems like he's trying to prove that he can be the "stand in the pocket" type guy...I don't know why they don't just run him more, it seems silly to me not to use him like that.

 

[ChristopherPaul]

Mine in no order whatsoever:

Jaromir Jagr (NHL - Penguins & Rangers)
Ottis Anderson (NFL - Cardinals & Giants)
Brooks Robinson (MLB - Orioles)
Paul Coffey (NHL - Oilers, Penguins, Kings, Red Wings, Whalers, Flyers, Blackhawks, Hurricanes, & Bruins)
Brett Favre (NFL - Falcons & Packers)
Cal Ripken Jr. (MLB - Orioles)
Ron Francis (NHL - Whalers, Penguins, Hurricanes, Maple Leafs )
Mario Lemieux (NHL - Penguins)
Larry Bird (NBA - Celtics)
Ray Bourque (NHL - Bruins & Avalanche)
Petr Nedved (NHL - Blues, Rangers, Penguins, & Coyotes )
Alan Kulwicki (NASCAR)
Lawerence Taylor (NFL - Giants)
Frank Robinson (MLB - Reds, Orioles, Dodgers, Angels, & Indians)
Phil Simms (NFL - Giants)
Eddie Murray (MLB - Orioles, Dodgers, Indians)
Brian Leetch (NHL - Rangers, Maple Leafs, & Bruins)

 

[Formerly At Enmity]

Don "white-boy" Bebe......ex-wide receiver for the (pathetic but still only one game behind in the AFC east) Buffalo Bills........he was fun


I like the Yugoslavian Girls who clean jerk about 450 pounds in the Olympics as well...they look like this when they lift>

 

[Gregg]

Dick Burleson...Team Husqvarna (Enduros)

http://home.ama-cycle.org/forms/museum/hofbiopage.asp?id=23

 

[Here2learn]

Tom Brady Being a life long Pats fan Its the easy choice
Bobby Orr When the Bruins were the Bruins
Ray Bourque A true sportsman
Joe Montana
Jason Veritek He beat up ARod
Curt Shilling What can I add here? Nothing
Wayne Gretsky Undersized and played the game when it was still rough.

 

[Average Joey]

Hulk Hogan.

 

[Ex Nihilo]

Katarina Witt
Ian Thorpe

 

[Ivan]

Curt Flood
Julian Javier
Bill White
Ken Boyer
Lou Brock
Tim McCraver
Mike Shannon
Dick Groat

and, of course, Bob Gibson

Who are these people?

 

[Anton Bruckner]

Originally posted by Average Joey
Hulk Hogan.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHE

 

[Anton Bruckner]

Andrew how can you like Sam Perkins and Kenny Smith. ?????????????????