Tiger = Athlete of the decade, but not to me

Tiger Woods with all of his current problems / moral failings was still voted athlete of the decade today (BBC story here). Tiger got about a third of the votes (56 of 142), Lance Armstrong came in second. As a cyclist I think what Lance did (7 straight Tour De France wins and a third after coming of a retirement after missing three tours) was far more impressive then Tiger’s run of golf championships, but honestly it is impossible to compare sports. Rodger Federer came in third. At the end of the day though this points out people really need to find better things to do then debate who is “the greatest” of anything over 10 years. Awards like this are really about creating stories and fueling debate to get listeners, viewers, or readers then about any real facts or figures.

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