Sorry Guys...Even The Best Cyclists Don't Make The Top Ten...
06-20-08, 12:05 PM
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Sorry Guys...Even The Best Cyclists Don't Make The Top Ten...
Alex Rodriguez...
I mean come on...
https://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...REATEST08.html
Sorry if already posted...
I mean come on...
https://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...REATEST08.html
Sorry if already posted...
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06-20-08, 12:09 PM
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If A-Rod is a great athlete, it's probably wasted in his sport.
06-20-08, 12:19 PM
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These "best of" lists are crap. Notice that they managed to get 10 different sports represented?
06-20-08, 12:28 PM
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Probably appropriate that the decathlete won, but yeah, trying to compare the other athletes to one another makes little sense. The skills / abilities / etc. required are just so different.
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Please... Theo's ability is WAAAAY beyond some tool@ss ball player.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Bos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Bos
06-20-08, 12:33 PM
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It seems they weighted more heavily to running type activities. Crosby and hockey just snuck in there.
No running = one dimensional sport to them.
Oh well, at least cycling gets in nod in their Stamina and Recovery section (under Performance Criteria).
No running = one dimensional sport to them.
Oh well, at least cycling gets in nod in their Stamina and Recovery section (under Performance Criteria).
06-20-08, 12:33 PM
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well....if there was a cyclist on the list, who would it be? I would go for the Condor.
Edit...Oh well, at least cycling gets in nod in their Stamina and Recovery section (under Performance Criteria).
and there he is!
Edit...Oh well, at least cycling gets in nod in their Stamina and Recovery section (under Performance Criteria).
and there he is!
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None of them were Aerobic/Endurance sports by nature. No marathon runners, no swimmers, no cyclists. Evidently they were just going for the sprint and rest type sports.
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06-20-08, 12:59 PM
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Ronaldinho football's reigning star? This must be old.
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06-20-08, 01:02 PM
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Notice: one of the judges was Ed Coyle.
let's revisit this in the coming weeks after the New York Times publishes their story.
let's revisit this in the coming weeks after the New York Times publishes their story.
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A-FRAUD should not be on that list... just because.. .... he makes too much.
how is that for a criteria..
or make a new list of overpaid underachievers.
LOL
how is that for a criteria..
or make a new list of overpaid underachievers.
LOL
06-20-08, 01:18 PM
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"Panelists said hockey requires a level of endurance and strength that would put any golfer to shame." 
Sounds like pcad could get a job writing for these guys.
Oh, and criteria is plural. You mean criterion.
Sounds like pcad could get a job writing for these guys.
Oh, and criteria is plural. You mean criterion.
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Mainstream sports media have made Tiger Woods out to be a hero because he tees off with a hidden broken leg. Hockey players will have their faces sewn back on between periods.
Mainstream sports media always pander to the marketable sports and cannot be taken as an impartial judge of athletics.
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The list is a fraud, No Roger Federer, The guy just happens to be one of the most dominant in any sport in history.
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How about MMA fighters?
Cardio, tactics, training, injuries, pressure, all while getting punched and kicked.
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Cardio, tactics, training, injuries, pressure, all while getting punched and kicked.
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Note that one of the judges was Eric Heiden. He knows a thing or two about cycling.
I was surprised that Michael Phelps did not make the list.
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