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WWE- Stone Cold NBA - MJ NFL - Brady
I actually prefer Super Mario, but it's like arguing Mike Irvin over Jerry Riceof all the GOATs up for debate, the only one where there is literally zero rational argument against them is Gretzky. You'd have to be re ed, or just a contrarian of the highest order, to think anyone else even comes close. Lemieux might have made the debate slightly interesting if not for his health problems, but it is what it is.
Kings got past his prime Gretzky otherwise I might feel differently
WWE- Stone Cold NBA - MJ NFL - Brady
Left turn driving: Ernie Earnhardt
Yes on Kareem being the greatest basketball player of all time. No one touches him when you consider NBA and college achievements.
Last edited by namlook; 02-21-2019 at 02:29 AM.
Great list
Mickey Mantle and Greg Maddux deserve mention
Last edited by Luka Doncic; 02-22-2019 at 01:02 AM.
Djokovic will surpass Federer anytime soon
Baseball allows more leeway in how you can divide players, since left handed batters and pitchers have natural built in advantages. Maddux is probably the GOAT right handed pitcher, while Mantle is the GOAT switch hitter. Mays GOAT right handed hitter and overall position player, Bonds GOAT left handed hitter. GOAT left hander is probably Randy Johnson. Catcher is another position you can't really directly compare across the board, and I'd go with lefty's boyhood hero Gary Carter or Ivan Rodriguez.
Boxing: Rocky Marciano
Hockey: Wayne Gretzky
Football: Tom Brady
F1: Michael Schumacher
Golf: Jack Nicklaus
Basketball: Larry Bird
Baseball: Babe Ruth
Tennis: Roger Federer
Soccer: Marco Van Basten
Shoulda went with Cobb. They called Ruth part n***er back then.
Boban = GOAT in PER.
Chess: Magnus Carlsen
That dude is absolutely amazing. I don't know if I would call him the GOAT only because I don't know enough about the history of chess. I know a little bit, but wouldn't call myself anything other than just a novice fan. Bobby Fischer beat the Russians...and that is probably a more historic accomplishment that anything Magnus has accomplished. But, I don't want to take away anything from Magnus...like I said two seconds ago...I just don't know enough about it.
However, I remember this video about Magnus and it might be the most impressive thing I've ever seen (chess wise). Dude is playing and beating 10 players without looking at the boards. Just keeping track of all the pieces in his mind. Wow.....
the real issue you face with ranking GOATS in chess is that the players are just objectively better now. they study a lot more and train with computers and .
paul morphy is one of the original GOATS from the 1800's and basically set the stage for modern positional chess, but he'd get annihilated today. you had wild attackers like fischer and tal who people couldnt deal with 50 years ago, but they'd get picked apart by any modern defensive player
its not that players have gotten better/smarter its that the game has just reached a more advanced stage
Don Bradman, Garfeild Sobers, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Muththaia Muralidharan (Cricket)
QB...Tom Brady
FB...Jim Brown
RB...Barry Sanders
WR...Jerry Rice
TE....Tony Gonzalez
OL...Mike Webster
DL...Merlin Olsen
LB... Butkus
CB..."Night Train" Lane
S...Ronnie Lott
KR...Gale Sayers
Plantation fighter...Tom Molineux
MMA....Royce Gracie
Jockey...Isacc Murphy
Boxer...."Sugar" Ray Robinson
Pro Rassler...Lou Thesz
Baseball..."Cool Papa" Bell
Slugger...Josh Gibson
Basketball...Wilt Chamberlain
Hockey...Wayne Gretzky
Soccer....Pele
Bodybuilding...Sergio Olivia
100M/200M...Usain Bolt
400m...Michael Johnson
800m...David Rudishi
110hh...Renaldo Nehemiah
400IH...Edwin Moses
long jump....Carl Lewis
40....Christian Coleman
50, 100, 200, 400, 800, mile combined....Lon Myers
Decathlon/Penthalon/Football/Baseball....Jim Thorpe
Pro Football/Pro Baseball/HS Decathlon....Bo Jackson
The Amazing Lon Myers
Lon Myers in 1880
Personal information Birth name Laurence Eugene Myers Nationality American Born February 16, 1858
Richmond, Virginia, USADied February 16, 1899 (aged 41) Sport Sport Running Event(s) 50 yards to one mile Club Manhattan Athletic Club Turned pro 1886 Achievements and les National finals 15 United States, 10 Canadian, and 3 British national championships Highest world ranking World records at:
- 250 yards
(26.0 seconds; 1882)- 350 (36.8; 1881)
- 400 (43.675; 1882)
- 440 on grass (49.4; 1885)
- 500 (58.0; 1880)
- 600 (1:11.4; 1882)
- 660 (1:22.0; 1880)
- 800 (1:44.4; 1882)
- 840 on grass (1:48.6; 1885)
- 880 on grass (1:56.5; 1885)
- 1,000 (2:13.0; 1881)
The Incredible Tom Longboat
Members of his family wouldn't even believe how fast he could run over such a long distance until he gave his brother a half an hour head start driving a horse and buggy while he ran on foot, and yet he still made it to Hamilton first.[citation needed]
Longboat's chief rival was Alfred Shrubb, whom he raced ten times, winning all the races at 20 miles or more and losing all those at shorter distances.
Longboat served as a dispatch runner in France in World War I while maintaining a professional career. He was twice wounded and twice declared dead while serving in Belgium. Stories said that he had entered a communication trench which was buried by an exploding s , where he and his comrades were trapped for six days (albeit with sufficient oxygen and provisions) before being rescued.[4] However, Longboat himself debunked that particular myth in an interview with Lou Marsh in 1919.[5] He retired following the war.[3]
While officially an amateur, Longboat had lost only three total races, one of which was his first, the Victoria Day race. By the time he had turned professional, he owned two national track records and several unofficial world records. After joining the professional ranks, he set world records for the 24 and 32-kilometer races and had nearly set the world record for 19 kilometers.[4]
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wrestling is fake
Pro Wrestling is not fake.
The biz is all about giving an illusion of violence with a predetermined outcome. THAT....is "PRO" wrestling. That is very real. As is the very real chance of legit injury.
You never seem to really get it.
Everybody knows what "PRO" wrestling is. You aren't suppose to think it's real, you are to approach like you do a movie. You get into it and play along.
What they do is very real, and without some very serious training you can forget it. Pulling off a match is very real, there is just nothing on punches, kicks, etc. And the finish has been worked out. All that is real.
The biggest factor by far is the '90s Devils popularizing the neutral-zone trap, as well as goalies abandoning the stand-up technique after seeing Patrick Roy have success with the butterfly technique. Both of those changes caused scoring to plummet and brought on the "Dead Puck Era." Things are better now in terms of scoring than they were before the '04 lockout, but we'll probably never see Gretzky-level dominance again.
Abstract
Over the past several years, professional wrestling, now referred to as sports entertainment, has become a hugely popular cultural phenomenon. There are several reasons to account for why tens of millions of Americans are attracted to this form of entertainment, but this article centers attention on three allures that stand out: excitement, intrigue, and political incorrectness. Content analysis suggests that these three foci form the core of pro wrestling program content. The present paper identifies the macrosocial forces that explain sociologically why these themes are especially marketable today: community breakdown, social disenchantment, and political correctness.
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You simply don't get it and never will.
There are sites out that dwarf this place talking about "PRO" wrestling.
Words like....book...push...babyface...heel...put over.
NOBODY NOBODY NOBODY....thinks the action is real...but the biz is very real.
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