Top 25...

[lithera]

ESPN is 25 years old and they're polling to see who the top 25 athletes of that time period are. I can't seem to rank them but people who would have to be on my list are:

Wayne Gretzky
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Larry Bird
Carl Lewis
Lance Armstrong
Barry Sanders
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Martina Navratilova
Alberto Tomba


If it weren't limited to 25 years I'd have to put Marc Spitz on there.

Comments

Re: No baseball?

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I don't know. There haven't been any babseball players who have just shown to have that magical sort of physical ability to me.

That and if I'm taking the whole package into consideration A-Rod doesn't make it because of the whole money thing. Ichiro has the style but is unproven here, I feel. Barry Bonds might make it. Kirk Gibson has always been a favorite of mine...

McGwire might make it. And I can't bring myself to put Jeter on there.