Name the most impactful player of any sport in your opinion.
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Im gonna go with jordan-nba dont know too many that would dissagree
im going with bonds and Mcguire -MLB cause they brought the fans back in the homerun race(steroid era)
im gonna go with Namath-NFL he brought the limelight to Nfl they had an official celebrity that was bringing people to the game
in soccar which i dont watch until freddy Adu came in so him in hat
Gretzy and Messier in hockey
im going with bonds and Mcguire -MLB cause they brought the fans back in the homerun race(steroid era)
im gonna go with Namath-NFL he brought the limelight to Nfl they had an official celebrity that was bringing people to the game
in soccar which i dont watch until freddy Adu came in so him in hat
Gretzy and Messier in hockey
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Tiger woods, Jackie Robinson
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Freddy Adu??? What???.....Lol
anyways
i agree with matt Tiger Woods and Jackie Robinson -
muhammad ali?
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Tiger Woods trumps all athletes in this regard
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Yup golf courses had to be redesigned because of tiger and he is the reason so many great young folders exist in the PGA
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? said Freddy Adu.
Pele is probably dying to roll over in a grave somewhere. -
Lmao @ freddy adu. Where does he play at now???
Nba:the trinity of magic, bird, jordan. They revolutionized the game. Made it what it is today
nfl: That's a tough one, let me think about that
baseball: Jackie robinson, babe ruth: Ruth was the league's 1st mega star and we know what jackie robinson did.
Boxing: Muhammad ali and after him, mike tyson sparked the heavyweight decision, filling the void ali left.
Nhl: Gretzky
soccer: Lmao @ adu still. Pele -
KeepOnPushing wrote: »Freddy Adu??? What???.....Lol
in soccar which i dont watch until freddy Adu came in so him in that
i heard of pele bu never seen him play and i remember when adu came ou ? was going crazy like he was the next pele ? you watch soccer -
Oh yeah, golf: Tiger woods
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Nah , ? Was Not Going Crazy to See Freddy Adu....ESPN was Going Crazy...
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Nobody in the States really watches soccer like that. People watch Arena League Football more than that ? .
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rue i watch alot of espn..lol and yeah i lef out boxing Ali all day but i hink foreman and frasier made ? interesting also then tyson...if it was for those matches with them i mite not have known ali
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muhammad ali?
Strictly sports & Universal love with Meaning behind it? ALI
Sports and Branding only? Michael Jordan
Introducing a sport to a new audience as well as flat out dominance? Venus/Serena Williams.
Making people care about Golf again: Tiger Woods -
DarcSkies777 wrote: »
Strictly sports & Universal love with Meaning behind it? ALI
Sports and Branding only? Michael Jordan
Introducing a sport to a new audience as well as flat out dominance? Venus/Serena Williams.
Making people care about Golf: Tiger Woods
*Fixed*. "Again" ? , really? There was a 1st time? -
Maradona............... the guy has a church devoted to him in his homeland.
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ali
david beckham
tiger woods
jordan
jim brown
babe ruth
pele -
muhammad ali?
I'd go with Roger Federer in Tennis
Jesse Owens in Track & Field -
They've been mentioned, but yeah, Ali, Bambino, Jackie Robinson, MJ and Pele.
In Football I would have to say, not a player, but Vince Lombardi since he seems to embody everything that is the NFL. I don't think a player holds as much weight in Football as he does. -
Magic vs Bird. Jordan is a close second
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smh @ me forgetting jacki robinson and the william sisters, and dimagio
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jack johnson, dale earndhart, michael phelps, lance armstrong, gretszky
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Shizlansky87 wrote: »Magic vs Bird. Jordan is a close second
Eat A ? niggaaaa -
That Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky is true ? ... They were killing with Oilers back in the day, not to mention when Mark came to the Rangers "YESSIR!!!!" they won that championship in 94. Gretzky made scoring look so damn easy... hell just hockey overall.
M. Ali.. he just tracended boxing, with Mike doing it as well, and Tiger was at one point doing the same... but you know... the certains distracted him from that course. Not taking anything from him, golf is hard as ? , and I would say Mike Phelps, but he doesn't get that type of coverage and hype until the Olympics
Last not least as well as in no order, holla at the man name Jesse... J. Owens nothing else need be said -
At thr height of his career Iverson was impactful, not sure if it was Jordan impact but he had a he'll of a impact
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yeah he did have a good impact plus the crossover on jordan helped alot