The top 10 athletes americans may not know about

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Posted by raveed on May-22-2006 20:14:

The top 10 athletes americans may not know about

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5616958?GT1=8192

lol to funny. as usual the barca boys will gloat about who made it to number 1

Posted by fastmp3 on May-22-2006 20:48:

i can't complain, el guerrouj, rooney, adriano, ronaldinho love them all

Posted by InterMilan31 on May-22-2006 21:31:

Adri!

That fastmp3 guy who runs is awsome too

also ChampCar? Alonso....most americans dont even know of the greatest racer ever: Schumacher

Posted by Cloud on May-22-2006 21:35:

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Originally posted by InterMilan31
Adri!

That fastmp3 guy who runs is awsome too

also ChampCar? Alonso....most americans dont even know of the greatest racer ever: Schumacher

most americans don't ever know what happened at Iraq.

Posted by InterMilan31 on May-22-2006 21:46:

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Originally posted by Cloud
most americans don't ever know what happened at Iraq.

whats happening....and yes we do check the approval rating of Bush's dumbass

Posted by chesco on May-22-2006 21:57:

To be fair - most europeans wouldn't have a clue who the fuck half the baseballers and american footballers of the worlds were either, and more than likely couldn't give a shit, cos these sports are rubbish.

Fact-a-mundo

Posted by noikeee on May-22-2006 22:05:

The list is so blatantly done by americans

- Golf. Never heard of those 2 guys. Does anyone care about golf in Europe? Maybe a tiny little bit, but to the extent they do in America? Never understood their fixation with it, it's dreadfully boring. Which doesn't make any sense, since nearly all other popular sports in America are in the complete opposite of the spectrum: over-produced tv shows with HUGE MOTHERFUCKING ACTION every 2 seconds.

- Sebastian Bourdais??!! Ok, the guy IS good. But he is the single superstar in a series based in the United States of America. If he isn't known there, where the fuck is he? In his birth town?

- Rooney/Adriano. They're promising and hyped, but placing them there makes them look like the 2nd and 3rd best football players in the world right now, which they aren't. Especially Adriano.

They got it spot on with Ronaldinho tho.

Posted by raveed on May-22-2006 22:40:

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Originally posted by chesco
To be fair - most europeans wouldn't have a clue who the fuck half the baseballers and american footballers of the worlds were either, and more than likely couldn't give a shit, cos these sports are rubbish.

Fact-a-mundo

True but I think this list pretty much underlines the fact that america needs to integrate its sports model with that of the rest of the world.

You play cricket, wel just shorten the bat and widen the ball and call it baseball.

You run with the ball at your feet, wel run with it in our hands and place the goal 20 frikin feet above the ground

You play hockey.. ummm wel just replace the grass with ice.

Its one thing to have shower exclusivity on yourself by measuring temperature, speed and pronouncing words in a different way but having a world series that is competed for by all american teams isnt gonna win them ne fans.

Posted by trunks1022 on May-22-2006 22:56:

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Originally posted by raveed
True but I think this list pretty much underlines the fact that america needs to integrate its sports model with that of the rest of the world.

You play cricket, wel just shorten the bat and widen the ball and call it baseball.

You run with the ball at your feet, wel run with it in our hands and place the goal 20 frikin feet above the ground

You play hockey.. ummm wel just replace the grass with ice.

Its one thing to have shower exclusivity on yourself by measuring temperature, speed and pronouncing words in a different way but having a world series that is competed for by all american teams isnt gonna win them ne fans.

actually hockey's canadian...

Posted by Eddie N MIAMI on May-23-2006 00:00:

wow 2 golf 'athletes' on this list? ...THIS LIST IS AMAZZZZINGGGG,
WOW THE REST OF THE WORLD IS SOOOOOO COOOOOL

well ill take noik0s word about the golf guys and not generalize you peeps

quote:
Originally posted by InterMilan31

That fastmp3 guy who runs is awsome too

El Guerruj announced his retirement today

Posted by luisjb82 on May-23-2006 01:32:

lol

How on earth didn't Roger Federer make the cut??? At his 25 even the legendary tennis players agree he might be the best player ever in tennis. LOL

Who the fuck is Sebastian whoever the fuck lol???... I thought they were to name the Rallies Champion or even Sergio Garcia as a golf player, but those 2???... wtf!!!

What happened to the henrys and kakas and shevas of the football world? LOL Adriano over them??

Someone ought to shoot the guy who made the list...

But this is just my opinion lol

Posted by InterMilan31 on May-23-2006 02:01:

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Originally posted by luisjb82
lol

How on earth didn't Roger Federer make the cut??? At his 25 even the legendary tennis players agree he might be the best player ever in tennis. LOL

Who the fuck is Sebastian whoever the fuck lol???... I thought they were to name the Rallies Champion or even Sergio Garcia as a golf player, but those 2???... wtf!!!

What happened to the henrys and kakas and shevas of the football world? LOL Adriano over them??

Someone ought to shoot the guy who made the list...

But this is just my opinion lol

1. everyone know Roger
2. Sebastian Loeb
3. Yeah Adri & Rooney? I think they are betting on Adriano to have a good world cup a very good one I guess lol

Also as for the golf...it makes no sense cause if you watch golf you know most of the feild already no matter where they come from

Posted by noikeee on May-23-2006 02:02:

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Originally posted by luisjb82
Who the fuck is Sebastian whoever the fuck lol???... I thought they were to name the Rallies Champion

they might have swapped the Sebastians there Loeb is brilliant and deserves a mention

Posted by raveed on May-23-2006 02:15:

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Originally posted by trunks1022
actually hockey's canadian...

lol i was talking about field hockey

Posted by raveed on May-23-2006 02:28:

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Originally posted by luisjb82

What happened to the henrys and kakas and shevas of the football world? LOL Adriano over them??

I think the market value of the player played a major part in this list. Sheva and Henry currently may have better records than Adriano but he's younger and i assume more expensive than both of them. I still find it hard to beleive why Chelsea, Madrid etc are willing to fork out 50 million quid for Henry and Sheva. They 29 and will be done and dusted in the next 3-4 years so theres no long term commitement or potential future sale to recover some of the expenses there but then again, I dont think roman gives a shit about that aspect.

Plus Adriano has that arrogant 'Don't fuck with me or il rip your balls out' look on his face. Definately gets points for that in my book

Posted by luisjb82 on May-23-2006 02:34:

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Originally posted by raveed
Plus Adriano has that arrogant 'Don't fuck with me or il rip your balls out' look on his face. Definately gets points for that in my book

+1... very true lol

I know I wouldn't mess with that dude lol

Posted by Spartan on Jun-01-2006 01:44:

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Originally posted by paranoik0
The list is so blatantly done by americans

- Golf. Never heard of those 2 guys. Does anyone care about golf in Europe? Maybe a tiny little bit, but to the extent they do in America? Never understood their fixation with it, it's dreadfully boring. Which doesn't make any sense, since nearly all other popular sports in America are in the complete opposite of the spectrum: over-produced tv shows with HUGE MOTHERFUCKING ACTION every 2 seconds.

I forgot how action packed baseball is. Its quite the opposite and is the national pastime. And if you were reffering to hockey or basketball those are just as popular all over the world.