His son is racing pro motocross this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrondownhiller
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His son is racing pro motocross this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrondownhiller
Other than being an incredible martial artist, what else did GSP excel at?Quote:
Originally Posted by ibanez7
I'm not dogging your opinion, just wondering.
To me, the title of 'greatest athlete' means you are exceptional at more than one sport.
i agree with you, however not many athletes have more then one focus.Quote:
Originally Posted by FasstChevys
Yes deon sanders, bo jackson and michael jordon both played 2 sports, however I dont consider baseball a challenging athletic sport.
GSP, i listed because yes at MMA and body training he does excell. But mostly i listed him because GSP is trained by Olympics trainers, who have stated he is the best athletic specimen they have ever seen and gsp excells at everything he tries... (article i read in mens health or something similiar)
I wouldnt go as far as to say best pure athlete ever, but as a lover of motocross I LOVE this answer. People have no idea how physically demanding that sport really is. Ricky and Jeremy McGrath dominated when they were riding.Quote:
Originally Posted by snaggeltooth
Admitted being the keyword there. Regardless of PED's, excellent athlete nonetheless. I think if there was a true list of every athlete in all sports that have used PED's, a lot of hearts would be broken.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS
What a truly stupid comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajiv1998
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Originally Posted by wicked1
im willing to bet its much easier to become a NASCAR driver than it is to make a PGA Tour cut....
Jim Thorpe ... Modern media hype has pushed him to the background. But if you grew up in the 60s and were asked this question, with out hesitation you would have said Thorpe and this was over 50 years after he had won two Olympic Golds.
In college he was the track team. For all intents and purposes he was the father of the NFL ... He made the Canton Bulldogs, the Bulldogs made professional football. There's a reason the NFL HOF is in Canton.
The only player in the modern era I would compare him to would be Bo Jackson.
He is not putting up near the numbers that he was during his PED era. In fact, hitters in general are not putting up the ridiculous numbers they were 5 years ago. Pitchers are back to dominating the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by 310stanger
Also, agreed on the part of hearts being broken if there was a true list.
Well.....Since there are 3 top series with the top 2 series consisting of over 43 drivers(only 43 make the field every week) and there are dozens of smaller series all around the country Id say unless there are thousands of people on the PGA tour youre probably correct. Id bet its harder to make the PGA tour than it is to become lets just throw out...oh... a pro football player. But Id also be willing to bet that the worst pro football player could probably beat the worlds best golfer 1 on 1 in anything other than maybe golf.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidz28
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I don't remember her name but back in the day there was a woman who dominated in several sports. I saw a show on espn about her. I know someone will find her and her stats...
Bo Jackson..
"Bo Knows"Quote:
Originally Posted by Tnhillbilly
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Babe Didrikson ... mainly known as a golfer but won 3 Olympic golds in track in '32.Quote:
Originally Posted by LS2 KLR
I knew someone would come through.
"The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete, Babe Didrikson began as a muscular phenom who mastered many sports and ended as a brilliant golfer. An exuberant tomboy whose life was athletics, she was accomplished in just about every sport - basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball, handball, bowling, billiards, skating and cycling. When asked if there was anything she didn't play, she said, "Yeah, dolls."
As a teenager she knew her life's ambition. "My goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived," she said.
The Associated Press voted her the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century. The wire service also voted her Female Athlete of the Year six times - once for her track dominance and five times for her golfing prowess.
Babe single-handedly won the 1932 AAU championships, which served as Olympic qualifying, on July 16 in Evanston, Ill. She scored 30 points, eight more than the runner-up team, which had 22 athletes. In a span of three hours, she competed in eight of 10 events, winning five outright and tying for first in the high jump. She set world records in the javelin, 80-meter hurdles, high jump and baseball throw.
She turned pro in golf in the summer of 1947 after winning 17 of 18 tournaments."
Not that I liked the guy at all .. but Dion Sanders did that too ... I would think a guy his size is more natural athlete than Bo ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nastyfoot
Primetime is the only athlete to play in the super bowl and world series
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Primetime was afraid to tackle a Kicker.Quote:
Originally Posted by 02transamce
Lights...she runs through my mind every minute of every hour of every day and she never gets tired.
Honestly this is the only real challenger to Putin I've seen in this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smkn_TA