The recent injury to Mariano Rivera, one of the greatest athletes I've had the pleasure ow watching in any sport, made me think of this as a thread topic:
Who are the greatest and most memorable athletes you've seen in your lifetime in any sport? (not in old videos, but actually seen them play during their career).
Here's some of mine just quickly reeled off - and for me they also serve as a reminder that damn I'm getting old ...
Baseball:
Mariano Rivera
Ken Griffey Jr.
Randy Johnson
Albert Pujols
Boxing:
Sugar Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler
Muhammad Ali - in his twilight years
Football (blah soccer if you must):
Diego Maradona
Marco van Basten
Ruud Gullit
Ronaldo (the original, not the current Real Madrid player)
Marcel Desailly
Paulo Maldini
Lionel Messi
Athletics:
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Haile Gebrselassie
Seb Coe
Basketball
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Kobe Bryant
Lebron James
Tim Duncan
Synchronized Swimming and Beach Volleyball:
I'll get back to you ...
Who are the greatest and most memorable athletes you've seen in your lifetime in any sport? (not in old videos, but actually seen them play during their career).
Here's some of mine just quickly reeled off - and for me they also serve as a reminder that damn I'm getting old ...
Baseball:
Mariano Rivera
Ken Griffey Jr.
Randy Johnson
Albert Pujols
Boxing:
Sugar Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler
Muhammad Ali - in his twilight years
Football (blah soccer if you must):
Diego Maradona
Marco van Basten
Ruud Gullit
Ronaldo (the original, not the current Real Madrid player)
Marcel Desailly
Paulo Maldini
Lionel Messi
Athletics:
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Haile Gebrselassie
Seb Coe
Basketball
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Kobe Bryant
Lebron James
Tim Duncan
Synchronized Swimming and Beach Volleyball:
I'll get back to you ...