Favorite Athletes

[Chemical Love]

Who are your top 3 or top 5 favorite athletes?

Here are my top 3 favorites

1. Michael Jordan
2. Tiger Woods
3. Dan Marino

[TBSowns524]

5. Pedro Martinez
4. Tom Brady
3. Michael Jordan
2. Paul Pierce
1. David Ortiz

[Jesse2]

1)Ken Griffey Jr.
2)Mariano Rivera
3)Steve Largent

[justinevans]

Current Players

5. Dwayne Wade
4. Chase Utley
3. Ryan Howard
2. Derek Jeter
1. Brian Dawkins

Former Players

5. Jackie Robinson
4. Michael Jordan
3. Julius Erving
2. Mike Scmidt
1. Reggie White

[justinevans]

1)Ken Griffey Jr.
2)Mariano Rivera
3)Steve Largent

damn, I love Mo too.

[Jesse2]

damn, I love Mo too.


it's a tough list to make, that's for sure

[KB3RG]

1- Barry Sanders
2- MJ
3- Deion Sanders
4- Albert Pujols
5- Albert Belle

[LeftWideOpen]

Current
1. David Ortiz
2. Jonathan Papelbon
3. Troy Brown

Former
1. Mike Greenwell
2. Tim Naehring
3. Bret Saberhagen

[The Matt Kaufman]

1)Armando Benitez
2)Mel Rojas
3) Rich Rodriguez


kidding kidding...Ill think about this one

[preppyak]

Current players
1. Kirk Hinrich
2. LeBron James
3. Chad Johnson

I left off the KU roster basically though...

Former
1. Larry Bird
2. Gretzgy
3. Warren Moon

[dekdog11]

Current
1) Dwyane Wade (I live in South Fl, so no surprise)
2) Donovan Mcnabb
3) Edgerrin James

Former
1) Wayne Gretzky
2) Reggie White
3) John Stockton

This was hard to make, I probably forgot someone I really like heh.

[The Matt Kaufman]

Now that I thought about it...

1) Patrick Ewing-the first athlete I really watched religiously
2) Mike Piazza-turned the mets around
3) Howard Johnson-how can you not like the guy's name?

Other notables...
David Wright
John Starks
Gary Sheffield (yes before he was with the yankees)
Dwight Gooden-pre drugs
Mark Messier (loved the rangers when I was little)
Mike Richter (see above)
Sid Fernandez

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

NFL:
Willis McGahee
Ben Roethlisberger
Shaun Alexander
Antonio Gates
Lee Evans

NBA:
Wade, Anthony, LeBron, Okafor, Felton (I like the Bobcats. seriously.)

NHL:
Daniel Briere, Alex Ovechkin, Ryan Miller, Ales Hemsky, the Sedin twins (they count as one.)

MLB:
these guys don't count, but i love them: Chipper & Andruw Jones, Marcus Giles
Brian McCann, John Smoltz, Papelbon, Pujols, Joe Mauer

[Brownpants06]

LeBron James
Chris Bosh
Shaq

Sidney Crosby
Doug Gilmour
Dion Phaneuf
Evgeni Malkin

Chad Johnson
Reggie Bush

Troy Glaus
Roy Halladay
John Papelbon

[xbrokendownx]

im gonna do each sport cuz or else itd be too damn hard:

NFL
1) Ronnie Brown/Chris Chambers
2) Chad Johnson
3) Steve Smith

NHL
1) Patrik Elias
2) Marty Brodeur
3) Brian Gionta

MLB
1) Derek Jeter
2) Robinson Cano
3) Mariano Rivera

NBA
1) Randy Foye/Kyle Lowry/Allan Ray
2) Dwayne Wade
3) Shawn Marion

[KB3RG]

I left out Martin brodeur... amazing

[fire on my lips]

1. Mark Messier
2. Don Mattingly
3. Eric Cantona

[asianxcore]

top 5
1. barry
2. alando tucker
3. jason schmidt
4.john stocco
5. julien peterson

[boysdontcry17]

jesus

[Chemical Love]

For athletes that are currently playing, I would go with..

1. Tiger Woods
2. David Ortiz
3. Dirk Nowitzki

[ColourandShape]

1. Maria Sharapova

[1moreandimfree]

Cris Carter
Buck Williams
Jermaine O'neal
Randy Moss
Jonah Nickerson

[sayyes]

current:jim edmonds, chris paul, michael young, david ortiz, roy williams
all time:nolan ryan, emmit smith, michael jordan

[preppyak]

3) John Stockton

Forgot him...he's right behind Larry Bird for me

Add Chris Paul for current

And Curtis Joseph and Paul Kariya for my hockey names...and Ray Borque, how could I forget him

[xearlynovemberx]

stephon marbury :shrugs:

[Anton Djamoos]

1. Penny Hardaway
2. Ken Griffey Jr.
3. David Wright

[zizou1790]

1. Dan Kreider
2. JJ Redick
3. Mario Lemiuex / Jaromir Jagr (around 98)


Notables:

David Ortiz
Dan Marino
Alan Faneca
Brandin Knight
Hines Ward

[preppyak]

stephon marbury :shrugs:

haha...appreciate the avatar then

[The Matt Kaufman]

Howcome nobody picked John Rocker

heh

[dekdog11]

Forgot him...he's right behind Larry Bird for me

Add Chris Paul for current

And Curtis Joseph and Paul Kariya for my hockey names...and Ray Borque, how could I forget him

Ahh shit, I forgot about Bourque as well, he is definitely up there for me.

[bigmike]

MLB:
Albert Pujols
Andruw Jones
Joel Zumaya
Curtis Granderson


NFL:
Kevin Jones (Can we get him playing time that the 1st string running back deserves?!?!?!?)
Shaun Rogers
TJ Duckett
Greg Jennings
Jerome Harrison (Jennings and Harrison are only because the detroit lions don't deserve fans so i don't like many of our underachieving pieces of shit in lions uniforms and Jennings (GB) and Harrison (Cleveland) are local kids. I'd also like to throw in Tony Scheffler (Den) as he played here at WMU with Jennings.)


NHL:
Nick Lidstrom
Manny Legace (does it count as an active player if they still play, get fucked over by their team and then for some reason can't get a contract offer?)
Alexander Ovechkin
Sidney Crosby
Zetterberg/Niklas Kronwall

NBA:
Chauncey Billups
Richard Hamilton
Tayshaun Prince
Rasheed Wallace
Darko Milicic (Note: This should have been this years Pistons starting lineup. Darko will make us look foolish:shake:)

College Sports:
Ryan Miller
Mateen Cleaves
Morris Peterson
Jason Richardson
Maurice Ager/Shannon Brown
The rest of the Michigan State University National Championship team of 2000.

[The Matt Kaufman]

MLB:
Albert Pujols
Andruw Jones
Joel Zumaya
Curtis Granderson


NFL:
Kevin Jones (Can we get him playing time that the 1st string running back deserves?!?!?!?)
Shaun Rogers
TJ Duckett
Greg Jennings
Jerome Harrison (Jennings and Harrison are only because the detroit lions don't deserve fans so i don't like many of our underachieving pieces of shit in lions uniforms and Jennings (GB) and Harrison (Cleveland) are local kids. I'd also like to throw in Tony Scheffler (Den) as he played here at WMU with Jennings.)


NHL:
Nick Lidstrom
Manny Legace (does it count as an active player if they still play, get fucked over by their team and then for some reason can't get a contract offer?)
Alexander Ovechkin
Sidney Crosby
Zetterberg/Niklas Kronwall

NBA:
Chauncey Billups
Richard Hamilton
Tayshaun Prince
Rasheed Wallace
Darko Milicic (Note: This should have been this years Pistons starting lineup. Darko will make us look foolish:shake:)

College Sports:
Ryan Miller
Mateen Cleaves
Morris Peterson
Jason Richardson
Maurice Ager/Shannon Brown
The rest of the Michigan State University National Championship team of 2000.

howcome you didnt pick kenny rogers....

sorry Im full of corny jokes

[bigmike]

howcome you didnt pick kenny rogers....

sorry Im full of corny jokes
yeah. I never liked him before we signed him and i don't really like him now, however i'm appreciative of his great 1st half and very good outing his last time out.

other than that, I won't be heartbroken after next year when he's gone and Andrew Miller takes his place in the rotation.

[The Matt Kaufman]

yeah. I never liked him before we signed him and i don't really like him now, however i'm appreciative of his great 1st half and very good outing his last time out.

other than that, I won't be heartbroken after next year when he's gone and Andrew Miller takes his place in the rotation.

lol I know you havent been a big fan of him..I just needed someones chops to bust and you were online at the moment so I figured I would

[bigmike]

lol I know you havent been a big fan of him..I just needed someones chops to bust and you were online at the moment so I figured I would
ahh, gotcha. I just need to see Andrew Miller up with us ASAP. I'm so fucking stoked on that kid.

[xbrokendownx]

whoever said ray bourque does not deserve to live

[livethesounds]

Current
1)Lance Berkman
2)Dirk Nowitzki
3)Keith Bulluck
4)Vince Young
5)Steve McNair

Former
1)Eddie George
2)Hakeem
3)Barry Larkin
4)Warren Moon
5)Earl Campbell

[The Matt Kaufman]

whoever said ray bourque does not deserve to live

I dont follow hockey but why do you hate him?

[xbrokendownx]

I dont follow hockey but why do you hate him?





because he couldnt win a championship in boston, so he got traded to colorado and the league fixed the fianls for the avalanche to win in 2001 against my devils

[dekdog11]

whoever said ray bourque does not deserve to live

who gives a shit, im glad he won it, he deserved it, dont be bitter...nj has enough titles the past 10 years

[xbrokendownx]

who gives a shit, im glad he won it, he deserved it, dont be bitter...nj has enough titles the past 10 years





how did he deserve it?


i never bought into that crap that a guy played for a long time so he desreves a title...based on what?

and that argument is stupid "yeah nj has enough titles." youre right, so why should they even play? why should the yankees even play? cuz ya know, theyve won the world series more than a quarter of the years theyve been in existence...

[dekdog11]

how did he deserve it?


i never bought into that crap that a guy played for a long time so he desreves a title...based on what?

and that argument is stupid "yeah nj has enough titles." youre right, so why should they even play? why should the yankees even play? cuz ya know, theyve won the world series more than a quarter of the years theyve been in existence...

your still bitter. thats like me saying that they fixed the ohio state game against miami so miami couldn't win the title since they had won 5 in the past 20 years going into the game. i was bitter for a long time, but i got over it.

he played a long great career and deserved a ring, you wouldn't be saying this if it didnt involve your team.

i'm not even using nj having enough titles as an argument, but they have been winning and at least have a consistently good team that consistently makes the playoffs. you hate someone because he wanted to win and wanted to go out on top, players do that shit all the time.

[xearlynovemberx]

haha...appreciate the avatar then

hahah

[xbrokendownx]

your still bitter. thats like me saying that they fixed the ohio state game against miami so miami couldn't win the title since they had won 5 in the past 20 years going into the game. i was bitter for a long time, but i got over it.

he played a long great career and deserved a ring, you wouldn't be saying this if it didnt involve your team.

i'm not even using nj having enough titles as an argument, but they have been winning and at least have a consistently good team that consistently makes the playoffs. you hate someone because he wanted to win and wanted to go out on top, players do that shit all the time.






the devils team in 2001 was the best team in franchise history and one of the best in the NHL over the past 10 years or so. thats why its fishy to me. look up their team stats for that year. up until this past year with allllll the new rules, that team had the most goals scored by any NHL team over the past 10-15 yeaars or so

[dekdog11]

the devils team in 2001 was the best team in franchise history and one of the best in the NHL over the past 10 years or so. thats why its fishy to me. look up their team stats for that year. up until this past year with allllll the new rules, that team had the most goals scored by any NHL team over the past 10-15 yeaars or so

Yea I'm not disagreeing with you actually haha, I just did not appreciate the comment about not living because I liked bourque.

[LeftWideOpen]

the devils team in 2001 was the best team in franchise history and one of the best in the NHL over the past 10 years or so. thats why its fishy to me. look up their team stats for that year. up until this past year with allllll the new rules, that team had the most goals scored by any NHL team over the past 10-15 yeaars or so

lolololol ...

welcome to sports, where the best teams dont always win in the playoffs because it only matters who is hot at the time. bourque is a class-act and to give him crap because your favorite team couldnt hack it when it counts is a bunch of bullshit.

[justinevans]

the devils team in 2001 was the best team in franchise history and one of the best in the NHL over the past 10 years or so. thats why its fishy to me. look up their team stats for that year. up until this past year with allllll the new rules, that team had the most goals scored by any NHL team over the past 10-15 yeaars or so

what are you mad about?

[The Matt Kaufman]

what are you mad about?

I think hes mad they lost in the finals?

[justinevans]

I think hes mad they lost in the finals?

god I hate the devils lol.

[dekdog11]

god I hate the devils lol.

Well its not that they lost, just that Bourque was traded to the Avs (who beat NJ that year) in midseason. I and another stated we thought Bourque was one of our favorites and that spawned this.

[Vincewithouthee]

Top 5 favorite right now:

Hines Ward
Larry Fitzgerald
Dwayne Wade
Jason Bay
Sidney Crosby

(I tried to include some from every single sport)

[The Matt Kaufman]

god I hate the devils lol.

you like the flyers?

[justinevans]

you like the flyers?

i was born in philly.

[The Matt Kaufman]

i was born in philly.

yet most people born in philly hate the yankees...even though u said u have ur mother from northern nj lol...sorry just had to poke at that..lol

[xbrokendownx]

lolololol ...

welcome to sports, where the best teams dont always win in the playoffs because it only matters who is hot at the time. bourque is a class-act and to give him crap because your favorite team couldnt hack it when it counts is a bunch of bullshit.





its just annoying when the nhl, media, refs, tv, etc. all rode his dick. and if you watched the games closely youd see what i meant by them being fixed

and so i hate the guy...sue me

[shes.a.ghost]

I cant believe no one has said Lance Armstrong yet... he is an incredible athlete.

[The Matt Kaufman]

I cant believe no one has said Lance Armstrong yet... he is an incredible athlete.

true...and nobody said floyd ladis lol

[xbrokendownx]

I cant believe no one has said Lance Armstrong yet... he is an incredible athlete.






i love lance, but i think this thread was more for the big 4 sports

[justinevans]

I cant believe no one has said Lance Armstrong yet... he is an incredible athlete.

doesn't mean he is our favorite.

[KB3RG]

yeah. I never liked him before we signed him and i don't really like him now, however i'm appreciative of his great 1st half and very good outing his last time out.

other than that, I won't be heartbroken after next year when he's gone and Andrew Miller takes his place in the rotation.

I am excited to see what Miller will do. Hes being pulled up already this September, I am pretty sure you were aware of this. But yeah I cant wait

[Flags of Dawn]

no brett favre yet? wow, for shame sports forum, for shame.

[LeftWideOpen]

its just annoying when the nhl, media, refs, tv, etc. all rode his dick. and if you watched the games closely youd see what i meant by them being fixed

and so i hate the guy...sue me

i won't sue you, i'll just say your acting like a baby on an internet message board by claiming it was fixed because it was such a good story.

thats really the most i could, or would even care, to do.

[Flags of Dawn]

i won't sue you, i'll just say your acting like a baby on an internet message board by claiming it was fixed because it was such a good story.

thats really the most i could, or would even care, to do.
if anyone has the right to be mad, its boston fans.

[LeftWideOpen]

if anyone has the right to be mad, its boston fans.

i'm not ...because he dedicated 21 years to the Bruins and they could never put enough people around him to win a Cup. I was thrilled to see him win it all because if anyone deserves it, it's Ray Bourque.

Plus he brought the cup back to Boston for a huge rally and I had the pleasure of being there. He never stopped caring about the city of Boston and it's fans.

[bigmike]

I am excited to see what Miller will do. Hes being pulled up already this September, I am pretty sure you were aware of this. But yeah I cant wait
yeah. I'm stoked to see him. Miller/Rodney/Zumaya/Jones out of the pen looks filthy.



no brett favre yet? wow, for shame sports forum, for shame.
I'm a Lions fan so i have to hate brett favre.


if anyone has the right to be mad, its boston fans.
Boston fans should be mad at their ownership, not that Borque won a cup with a better team.

[preppyak]

because he couldnt win a championship in boston, so he got traded to colorado and the league fixed the fianls for the avalanche to win in 2001 against my devils

haha...blame the league, not the man...

I love him because he can take 7 hits in fights in NHL 94...always beats out some *** from Los Angeles when me and my brother play

[Flags of Dawn]

i'm not ...because he dedicated 21 years to the Bruins and they could never put enough people around him to win a Cup. I was thrilled to see him win it all because if anyone deserves it, it's Ray Bourque.

Plus he brought the cup back to Boston for a huge rally and I had the pleasure of being there. He never stopped caring about the city of Boston and it's fans.
i didnt know he did that. that's sweet.

I'm a Lions fan so i have to hate brett favre.
i have a barry sanders jersey! come on, co-mvp's in 98! (i think)

[bigmike]

i have a barry sanders jersey! come on, co-mvp's!
haha. yeah, i can't totally hate him, however his shit with "will i play or not this year" is annoying. either retire so we can finally win at lambeau or don't.

[Flags of Dawn]

$5 says he does it again next season, barring any serious injury.

[Split2nd]

1. Brian McCann
2. David Ortiz
3. Troy Polamalu
4. Ben Sheets
5. Chris Bosh
6. Kirk Hinrich

[thejetstolehome]

mickey mantle, michael jordan, mario lemieux, jerry rice.

[Flags of Dawn]

Brett Favre
Wayne Gretzky
Lebron James
Prince Fielder

[xearlynovemberx]

jeff gordon :dry:

[thejetstolehome]

jeff gordon :dry:

stfu

[justinevans]

jeff gordon :dry:

gross.

[xearlynovemberx]

stfu

lolz

[El_Jeffe]

Gustavo Kuerten (tennis player), i got to meet him & have a hit on the practise courts when he came to NZ for the heineken open, just a great guy in general

[drivethruduck]

MLB
Lance Berkman
Matt Holliday
Nick Swisher
Travis Hafner

NBA
Luke Jackson
Luke Ridnour
J.J. Redick
Brad Miller

NFL
Chad Johnson
Torry Holt
Marvin Harrison
Kellen Clemens

NHL
Bill Guerin
Patrik Elias
Alex Tanguay
Markus Naslund

[Chemical Love]

I'm also a fan of James Blake, the tennis player. Every time I can catch one of his matches I'm stuck watching most of it.

[underdawg1119]

NFL:
Brett fucking Favre
Keith Brooking

NCAA Football:
Calvin Johnson
Brady Quinn


MLB:
Andruw Jones
Jason Varitek
Nomar Garciaparra (sp?)
Curt Schilling
John Smoltz
Greg Maddux
Johnny Damon (even though he's a dirty goddamn traitor)

NBA:
Mookie Blaylock

[speakhandsforme]

Currently

1. Brett Favre
2. Mike Bibby
3. Al Harris
4. Mike Bibby
5. Steve Nash
6. Aaron Kampman
7. Ken Griffey Jr.
8. Grant Hill
9. Steve Smith (NFL WR)
10. Larry Johnson

[S/T]

NBA

Jason Williams
Mike Miller
David Lee
Salim Stoudamire
Dwight Howard

NFL

Reggie Nelson
David Garrard
Randy Moss
Matt Jones
Jason Taylor

Soccer

Fernando Torres
Peter Crouch
Raul
Xabi Alonso
Steven Gerrard

MLB

Gary Sheffield
Miggy
Hanley Ramirez
David Ortiz
Dontrelle Willis

And Bubba Watson, if we can do golf.