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RF might not even be the best tennis player of his generation.
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If you look at the stats, it's not really a comparison. Gretzky is the best player in the history of sport. Maybe not the greatest athlete, though obviously underrated. But very clearly the best player of all time.
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If you look at the stats, it's not really a comparison. Gretzky is the best player in the history of sport. Maybe not the greatest athlete, though obviously underrated. But very clearly the best player of all time.
All time? Wonder how 99 would have fared against 9. You take an old Gordie Howe and he was still taking kids to school. WG was very good, perhaps the best of our generation, but ALL TIME?
If you look at the stats, it's not really a comparison. Gretzky is the best player in the history of sport. Maybe not the greatest athlete, though obviously underrated. But very clearly the best player of all time.
Ummmm, Gordie Howe kinda throws that "clearly" part right out the window. Perhaps more appropriately, he elbows it right out the window, kicks it's ass, scores a goal on it, then sets up another goal.
Depends on your definition of "dominant," but if you're looking for one person with the best combination of skill/talent, leadership, ability to take over a game, ability to inspire fear in opposing teams/fanbases, strength, will, determination, and effort, all rolled into one super "athlete," then I think the only answer is Michael Jordan.
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Not really a fair question considering Tiger and Federer's Careers are not over, If you are going by dominating a single sport it is definitely one of those two.
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If you look at the stats, it's not really a comparison. Gretzky is the best player in the history of sport. Maybe not the greatest athlete, though obviously underrated. But very clearly the best player of all time.
Best in history of TEAM sport is Gretzky, hand downs statistically. Tennis, golf and boxing are different deals.
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I went with other: Alexander Karelin Soviet/Russian Super Heavy Greco-Roman wrestling
3x Olympic Gold, 1 Silver
13 year undefeated streak 1987-2000, unscored upon in the final 6 years until the Rulon Gardner 1-0 loss in 2000 in Sydney
9x World Champion
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I went with other: Alexander Karelin Soviet/Russian Super Heavy Greco-Roman wrestling
3x Olympic Gold, 1 Silver
13 year undefeated streak 1987-2000, unscored upon in the final 6 years until the Rulon Gardner 1-0 loss in 2000 in Sydney
9x World Champion
I hadn't thought about that dude in I don't know how many years, until you brought him up just now. Yes, he's the most dominant athlete I've ever heard of.
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I absolutely love that they hate him (). Somebody needed to come in, crack the whip and look Michigan in the face and say get bent. He did that and I love it.
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Originally Posted by Da Chocolate Monk
To paraphrase Oson Welles' rant about Ted Turner - "You tell Phil Knight to keep his goddamn crayons away from the Spartan uniforms."
I absolutely love that they hate him (). Somebody needed to come in, crack the whip and look Michigan in the face and say get bent. He did that and I love it.
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Originally Posted by Da Chocolate Monk
To paraphrase Oson Welles' rant about Ted Turner - "You tell Phil Knight to keep his goddamn crayons away from the Spartan uniforms."
Lance Armstrong. 7 Tour de France victories in a row, in a sport where winning two in a row is nearly unheard of.
7 wins in a row is amazing but 3 others have won five times (not in a row) and others 3 times including Greg Lemond in the 1980's. Armstrong (if we believe he was clean) was a great rider and had a great team which is hugely important in this sport.
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