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Yeah but he cheats, he uses Christmas magic!
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Who's the greatest athlete...
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Yeah but he cheats, he uses Christmas magic!
Santa Claus is not real.
Not true! Here is his trusty cat, Tito, holding down the fort until Mr. and Mrs. Claus come back from their holidays in Cuba.
...Tito. 
I forgot to include this about Thorpe:
"In baseball, Thorpe played with the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and finished the 1919 Boston Braves season with a .327 bating average."
"In baseball, Thorpe played with the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and finished the 1919 Boston Braves season with a .327 bating average."
Are you training hard for the 06 games?
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I chose Jordan because he could do everything. Run, Jump, shoot, dunk, defend, ect. He could play any position if he wanted to. He also won 3 championships that wouldn't have been possible without him as seen in the 1994 season. Came out of retirement and won 3 more. Retired. Came out of retirement again and still competed at high level. I'm pretty sure if you stuck him in any sport he'd be unbelievable. Even if he spent more time and stayed dedicated to baseball he probably would have done great (51 RBI's, 30 Stolen bases isn't too shabby for a 6'6" dude btw. Especially since he hadn't played since high school). And I'm pretty sure most sports critics who have been doing it for years rank MJ pretty high so I don't know what the confused smilies are all about in Foreman's post.
Jordan Hit .202 and struck out one of every 4 at bats. He also made 11 errors in the field. Greatest basketball player of all time. Absolutely. Greatest athlete of all time. Absolutely not.
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Yeah son. It takes time to get adjusted to Double-A baseball when you haven't played since High School and then played basketball for years.
Jordon was the best basketball player of all time. Not even in the top 100 for the greatest athletes ever.
It didn't take Dieon Sanders or Bo Jackson any time to adjust to PRO BALL. It was Jordan's own little fantasy camp. That's all. He wasn't good enough. Just like he isn't good enough at golf to play on any circuit.
Interesting read. I hadn't heard about him before. I just hope Kenwood doesn't see that he dropped out of school in the 8th grade and get any wild ideas
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Terry Fox (amature athlete) The guy ran a marathon a day with one leg and cancer without a sponsor.
http://webspace.oanet.com/jaywhy/terry.htm
http://webspace.oanet.com/jaywhy/terry.htm
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ESPN ranks him at like 8 or something. I think that's too low.
ESPN is a joke then, Jordon is not even close to top 50.
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Why what's so unathletic about him?
He was only good at one sport....big deal. Every Olympic decathlon winner is a better athlete than Jordon was.
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Never know. Jordan didn't do any decathalons. I like real sports anyway. Fuck discus, pole vault, shot put & javelin bs.
The thread is about the best athlete, not the best basketball player.
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The thread is about the best athlete, not the best basketball player.
Yeah I know I just couldn't give the honor of best athlete to someone who tries to throw heavy balls far or chuck a javelin. Sports have evolved since shit like that. That's why dudes like Jordan get so much money.
wayyy better and much more class than ali son
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Yes, I recently came off a pulled sphincter, a disheartening set back. I should be good though.
I hate both and both have no class and cheated on their wives
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Such profound ignorance...
Obviously spoken by a complete fool with no athletic ability. I'd be impressed if you could hang with one of my college decathletes for JUST two days of training, much less do all 10 events. Why do you think the Olympic Decathlon Champ holds the title of World's Best Athlete? Because they can do it ALL!
Having played on a Ca. state championship basketball team, competed with Bill Walton (we went to the same high school), trained with people like Russ Hodge, (former World Record Holder in the Decathlon) when I threw the javelin and the shot, in addition to strength training numerous field athletes, I can argue from authority.
One "plays" basketball, so skill development is reasonably pleasurable, the hard part's conditioning.
Mastering the 10 different events in the Decathlon requires not only the skills, put the power and muscular endurance to compete for two days. And the training is nothing but YEARS of HARD HARD WORK.
Not even a close contest IMHO.
Goodfella9783 - You are quite clueless, please keep your ignorance to yourself, the Decathlon's the original Olympic sport, show some respect.
Jordan couldn't carry Robert Zmelik's jock, much less begin to be competitive in the Decathlon. Jordan's insufficiently disciplined, just for starters. Zmelik won the Decathlon in '92 Barcelona, completely self coached and on a budget less than what Jordan tips his caddy for a day on the links. In addition, Zmelik came very close to repeating in '96. His performances in training right up to Atlanta had him on track to break the world record in the Decathlon. Unfortunately he got a tooth infection the week of the games and ended up 7th.
BILL TOOMEY is an obvious American choice that should be in the top 2 or 3. Toomey won the Gold in '68, still holds the record of 5 time US National Champion and he won 23 major Decathlon meets.
As for the all time best Athlete...tough call, but Toomey deserves to be right near the top.
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Obviously spoken by a complete fool with no athletic ability. I'd be impressed if you could hang with one of my college decathletes for JUST two days of training, much less do all 10 events. Why do you think the Olympic Decathlon Champ holds the title of World's Best Athlete? Because they can do it ALL!
Having played on a Ca. state championship basketball team, competed with Bill Walton (we went to the same high school), trained with people like Russ Hodge, (former World Record Holder in the Decathlon) when I threw the javelin and the shot, in addition to strength training numerous field athletes, I can argue from authority.
One "plays" basketball, so skill development is reasonably pleasurable, the hard part's conditioning.
Mastering the 10 different events in the Decathlon requires not only the skills, put the power and muscular endurance to compete for two days. And the training is nothing but YEARS of HARD HARD WORK.
Not even a close contest IMHO.
Goodfella9783 - You are quite clueless, please keep your ignorance to yourself, the Decathlon's the original Olympic sport, show some respect.
Jordan couldn't carry Robert Zmelik's jock, much less begin to be competitive in the Decathlon. Jordan's insufficiently disciplined, just for starters. Zmelik won the Decathlon in '92 Barcelona, completely self coached and on a budget less than what Jordan tips his caddy for a day on the links. In addition, Zmelik came very close to repeating in '96. His performances in training right up to Atlanta had him on track to break the world record in the Decathlon. Unfortunately he got a tooth infection the week of the games and ended up 7th.
BILL TOOMEY is an obvious American choice that should be in the top 2 or 3. Toomey won the Gold in '68, still holds the record of 5 time US National Champion and he won 23 major Decathlon meets.
As for the all time best Athlete...tough call, but Toomey deserves to be right near the top.
Ubercoach
