I'll take a name from the past. Gordie Howe. Wasn't as offensively talented as Gretzky or many other like Mario Lemioux but he had the other ingredients like toughness, mental domination. No one would fight him. If they did they would lose, bad. He racked up some good point totals during his five decades in the pros as well. Mark Messier and Eric Lindros were the closest thing to Howe, yet they were many many elbows away from reaching the status on the ice that Howe did.
Old fashion Eddie Shore Hockey. It don't get any better than that.
Old fashion Eddie Shore Hockey. It don't get any better than that.
Rail picks a female tennis player, real shocker there. If she was so great, how come she didn't win the Grand Slam year after year? Was Chris Evert really that good Rail???
Gretzky and Jordan get props for keeping it up over a long period of time and well past their prime years they were still among the best players in the game physically.
Sad to see him still playing and below his peak obviously, but I love the dedication and drive of Jerry Rice. He is a role model for the league, fellow players, and the community. He set all records that mattered for the position and has a bunch of rings to show for it. Not the most physically gifted guy to play the position, but he didn't let it stop him from playing better than anyone else.
Gretzky and Jordan get props for keeping it up over a long period of time and well past their prime years they were still among the best players in the game physically.
Sad to see him still playing and below his peak obviously, but I love the dedication and drive of Jerry Rice. He is a role model for the league, fellow players, and the community. He set all records that mattered for the position and has a bunch of rings to show for it. Not the most physically gifted guy to play the position, but he didn't let it stop him from playing better than anyone else.
Guys, it's MJ, there's no doubt about it. At least in the modern era, nobody's ever dominated a sport like he has and then taken it to another level to win three straight, retire for 2 years and then rattle off 3 more like there was never a doubt. And there was never any question that he WAS the team. He never should have come back for a 2nd time but I don't think it detracts from how dominant he was over an extended preiod of time. Still, for a 40 year old he was pretty good, though a shadow of his former self.
Personally from what I know he was pretty much an a** to a lot of people, but again that doesn't detract from the impact he had on basketball.
Personally from what I know he was pretty much an a** to a lot of people, but again that doesn't detract from the impact he had on basketball.
