Tiger, Brady, Jordan, Gretzky or Novak…who you got!?!?

[NRJyzr]

3 minutes ago, Dan Drake said:

 

I was going to add some honorable mentions, lol! (these are in NO order whatsoever):

 

Team - Jordan, Brady (I know how you feel about this one!), Jim Brown?, Wilt, Messi, Orr

"Somewhat" Team - Ohtani (if he keeps going like he has), Ruth, Bond 

Individual - Ali, Phelps, Jack, Tiger, Nadal, Tyson, Kaerelin (sp?), Bolt

Pure Athlete - Bo, Deion, Didrickson-Zaharias, Herschel Walker, Jim Brown?, Dave Winfield? (last person to be drafted in all 3 major pro sports), Lebron - never seen a dude that size move like he can. 

 

Honestly, the honorable mentions could be so vast.  

 

Should we break it up by athlete & sportsman?  Sheesh, this is tough!

 

Wilt could be listed for best athlete, as well.  He's done some ridiculous things over the years, in athletic terms.  PIcking things off the top of the backboard, moving 600-700 lb pallets by himself, etc.

 

Near age 50, he was outlifting Arnold...

 

Edited October 23, 2023 by NRJyzr

[mshills]

1 hour ago, Dan Drake said:

So, how about this:

 

Team sport - Gretzky

"Somewhat" team sport - Bradman

Individual sport - Novak

Just flat-out, pure athlete - Jim Thorpe

 

Worldwide team sport:  Jordan.  Pele.  Would not be able to choose one.

Somewhat team sport:  pass, I don't know cricket or baseball 😄 

Individual sport:  Ali.  This one is easy.

Flat out pure athlete:  Jim Brown

[Nels55]

3 hours ago, NRJyzr said:

 

It was mentioned in the reports on the Spyware, but most glossed over it, or ignored it entirely.  I believe you can still find it in a web search (I did so a few years ago when a friend didn't believe it).

 

Personally, I think it comes from higher up the chain.  Not unlike the disposition of the evidence from spygate.

 

You know I remember thinking that it looked like Brady might be getting info over the helmet speaker system during plays a few years ago.  I thought it was crazy but then it was the Patriots.  I was kind of surprised when I saw your first post that someone else had the same thoughts.  Anyway, I sincerely hope that he was not!  If he was then there are a few folks besides him that know about it and stuff might happen in the future.

[Nels55]

Double post...

Edited October 23, 2023 by Nels55

[Nels55]

4 hours ago, TiScape said:

Wait what? Is this some conspiracy theory I haven’t heard about??? 

When I think ‘Rings that don’t count’, first ones that come to mind are obviously Astros in ‘17 and Dodgers in the shortened season (and I’m a Dodgers fan). 

The only problem with the Astros is that they got caught.  If you took away all the World Series wins for teams that cheated there wouldn't be any!

[NRJyzr]

13 minutes ago, Nels55 said:

Anyway, I sincerely hope that he was not! 

 

Afraid that ship has long since sailed.  The rewiring of the helmet system is pretty well documented.  🙂

 

[TiScape]

12 minutes ago, Nels55 said:

The only problem with the Astros is that they got caught.  If you took away all the World Series wins for teams that cheated there wouldn't be any!

Sure, but they are the ones that got caught so… My biggest issue was how cocky and unapologetic they were about it. 

[iBanesto]

Jahangir Khan - 🇵🇰

• 555 consecutive match wins (https://www.bbc.com/sport/squash/37842362) - the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by the Guinness World Records
• 6 World Open wins
• 10 British Open wins

 

[TiScape]

On 10/27/2023 at 4:54 AM, iBanesto said:

Jahangir Khan - 🇵🇰

• 555 consecutive match wins (https://www.bbc.com/sport/squash/37842362) - the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by the Guinness World Records
• 6 World Open wins
• 10 British Open wins

 

With all due respect. We can’t seriously be adding squash players to this conversation?!!

🤣

[TiScape]

In that case, I’m adding ‘The King of Corn Hole’ into the mix! 

Edited October 28, 2023 by TiScape

[iBanesto]

4 hours ago, TiScape said:

With all due respect. We can’t seriously be adding squash players to this conversation?!!

🤣

 

Then I raise Magnus Carlsen - the greatest chess player of all time.

 

😅

 

[Kevin Bryant]

Disregarding the original criteria, Ali, Federer, and Tiger.  This Ohtani fellow is sounding interesting, though. . .

 

BTW, was happy hear in an interview with Bill Russell that his family had Wilt over for a holiday dinner.

 

And if Federer had gone to a two-handed backhand. . .

[golfortennis]

19 minutes ago, Kevin Bryant said:

Disregarding the original criteria, Ali, Federer, and Tiger.  This Ohtani fellow is sounding interesting, though. . .

 

BTW, was happy hear in an interview with Bill Russell that his family had Wilt over for a holiday dinner.

 

And if Federer had gone to a two-handed backhand. . .

 

He would be a blasphemer whose name would never be uttered in this house.  :-)

 

I know it's tough for kids, but man I wish the pros would ban the 2 hander.  1 hand one the racquet.

[Kevin Bryant]

15 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

He would be a blasphemer whose name would never be uttered in this house.  🙂

 

I know it's tough for kids, but man I wish the pros would ban the 2 hander.  1 hand one the racquet.

Understood.  But how many of Rafa's slams woulda instead been Federer's if the Fed coulda more efficiently dealt with that (unfair and immoral) lefty topspin?

[golfortennis]

15 minutes ago, Kevin Bryant said:

Understood.  But how many of Rafa's slams woulda instead been Federer's if the Fed coulda more efficiently dealt with that (unfair and immoral) lefty topspin?

 

Nah, lefty isn't immoral or unfair.  What really needed to happen with Nadal was enforcing the serve clock.

[j.b.newton]

ummm.... Joey Chestnut 🙂

 

Dave Winfield has to have at least some sort of mention in a conversation.  Only person to be drafted in to 4 different leagues - Padres (MLB), Vikings (NFL), Hawks (NBA), Stars (ABA).

[golfortennis]

48 minutes ago, j.b.newton said:

Dave Winfield has to have at least some sort of mention in a conversation.  Only person to be drafted in to 4 different leagues - Padres (MLB), Vikings (NFL), Hawks (NBA), Stars (ABA).

 

There is something to be said for that.

 

Wasn't Jim Brown also world class at lacrosse?

[NRJyzr]

Not knowing much about the game...

 

Would Tendulkar be a possible suggestion in the Cricket world?

 

[TiScape]

3 hours ago, golfortennis said:

 

Nah, lefty isn't immoral or unfair.  What really needed to happen with Nadal was enforcing the serve clock.

He needed all that extra time to do his OCD pre-serve ritual! 😩

[dan360]

Ken Griffey, Jr

[Fuscinator]

Benedict Arnold. That 7th SB, along with the plummeting Patriots since he left, are starting to convince me that it was way more TB12 than Bill. 

[scruffynick]

On 10/28/2023 at 11:39 PM, TiScape said:

With all due respect. We can’t seriously be adding squash players to this conversation?!!

🤣

Err yes...especially if you're adding baseball players. I mean talk about arrogant 

[scruffynick]

On 11/1/2023 at 11:44 PM, NRJyzr said:

Not knowing much about the game...

 

Would Tendulkar be a possible suggestion in the Cricket world?

 

100% if you did this across the world you'd get different answers depending where you are in the world. Very few are worldwide icons....that's where tiger for instance fits everything, he's worldwide