Bo Jackson named greatest athlete of all time
 

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Royals fans knew they were watching a once-in-a-generation athlete. Now, ESPN’s Sport Science has weighed in, naming former two-sport superstar and Royals outfielder Bo Jackson the “Greatest Athlete of All Time”. The Sport Science study looked at many attributes, including speed, power and reaction time. Jackson earned the nod from the Sport Science panel, beating out the legendary Jim Brown.

ESPN will air a “Sport Science Greatest Athlete of All Time” special next Sunday, March 10, at 2:30 CT.

A poll is currently online at ESPN.com, with Jackson and Michael Jordan in a close race for the fan vote :

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/feat...atestofalltime

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So I have that goin for me... which is nice.

These things happen when you haven't been around for a couple days.

Deletey Deleterton then.

He was the best athlete I have ever seen play pro sports. that guy was a cut above as an athlete. fast as hell, strong and huge.

Eh, I'll post this again...

Not...a....chance.

It's athlete, not player.

He was an awesome athlete
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Jim Brown never had a chance.

I'm too young to have ever really watched him play; how did he compare to guys like Megatron and Lebron nowadays?

Well this one time... in a baseball game... he caught a fly ball going back, back, back at a dead sprint and rather than slam into the wall he literally ran up it and back down and back to the dugout.

Then another time he ran down a liner to the fence, fielded the ball on the track and threw a runner out at home and the ball never bounced on it's way there.

Plus he could hit it 500 feet and ran faster than anyone else on the field.

He was pretty good.

Probably true.

I will say that Fedor was athletic as **** for a fat Russian.Like, "OMFG, how does he move like that!?" athletic.

But I digress.

bo knows facebook.
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Duh. Bo knows er'ything.

I will totally agree about fedor
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Since it's from ESPN, I'm just surprised he didn't have to beat out any horses or cars.

Great athlete, greater hype...sorry.

Well Dale Ernhart Jr. (sp?) is on the list so........ seriously?

Really ROFL Probably a couple golfers as well?

Tiger Woods if I remember correctly. The whole list to vote on is at the second link in the OP.

Of course!! Walking around carrying those clubs takes a mighty fine physical speciman next to driving around in a circle of course.

I saw him multiple times in person. Best physical specimen I've ever seen
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I'd vote Jordan without blinking.

At least he's walking. Dale Ernhart Jr. must have built up quite a physique with all that turning left.

If I wasn't a blind homer he probably would be my vote.

Senior, but yeah, missed him. I guess it would be inappropriate to say Dale couldn't climb the wall like Bo.

I could see that too, Jordan had more WANT than anyone else
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Was it Senior? My bad.

And wow... badump bump... he'll be here all week folks... please remember to tip your waitress.

Jordan's not even close

He was unbelievable.

Cat like, fast hands, power.

Best mma fighter of all time
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Bas was a ****ing bad ass too
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As far as white people go, Mirko was also exceptionally explosive, quick, and flexible.

Truly special guys.

Bas was a monster as well, as you said. Not as athletic as the other two but solid nonetheless.

Mirko would kick their ****ing head off and they would never see it coming.


vitor had some lightning hands
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But Fedor had the entire package.
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Am I the only one who finds it a travesty that Buddy Biancalana is nowhere in the mix?

Yeah I figured.

Vitor had some unbelievably fast hands.

Aldo is pretty athletic as well IMO. Tremendous head movement also.

yeah but vvvvv

Bullcrap. it's Geno Smith, obviously. Roll the YouTube videos

Jim Brown was awesome at lacross

I don't understand a single word you just said... but hi Sorter.

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That's great. I don't want to understand that bad though. I just love me some Sorter. One who sorts.

Just going by the still photo's that Sorter posted. I am guessing the athletes he is talking about are gay porn stars?

Super gay.

hmmmm gayguytakesmonstermeat.avi

worse than that.

Jackson didn't show up for the team that drafted him. He's disqualified.

Plus, he played parts of four seasons and made one pro bowl. About 2,000 NFL players laugh at his stats.

I'm curious, like a cat. That's why my friends call me Whiskers.

So he entered the draft? I thought he just signed an "off the street" deal with greasy Alvin?
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he was the first pick of the draft by the Tampa bay buccaneers. round 1, selection 1. he didn't report and the raiders drafted him the next year in the 7th or some later round and he signed with them. Tampa got zilch and lost the #1 pick.

it was the same garbage that smellway did and started. by refusing to sign with the weak team that drafted him, Jackson got rewarded and got to play for a strong team, which gives him better stats comparatively. and the raiders end up getting the #1 draft pick essentially for free when you know they were talking to him under the table. if people knew he was planning to re-enter the draft he wouldn't have been drafted so late.

now imagine being a chiefs fan in that era. the broncos got a free qb who was the #1 pick by cheating and now the raiders get a #1 pick for the cost of only a late round pick. it was ridiculous how badly the concept of fair play was being abused by those two teams and is why many fans will always despise the broncos and raiders.

Nobody at ESPN has heard of a guy named Lebron James? Also, Barry Sanders and Allen Iverson would be my 2/3. I'd put Jim Brown as greatest RB ever, but not greatest athlete.

1. Lebron
2. Barry Sanders
3. Allen Iverson
4. Michael Jordan
5. **** it - Dante Hall - homer power!

He really was the best, without a doubt. Playing for the Raiders dampened my enthusiasm for him a lot at the time though.

He showed his disdain for striking out, by snapping his bat over his knee.

Looking at the list, I'd have to give it to Bo. I was there when he threw out the runner at home Dr. Fever mentioned. What about the All-Star game when he hit a homer on a pitch in the dirt. Yes, I'd have to say he's the best of the modern era. All-time, I don't know. I'd have to consider Jim Thorpe in that mix.

I thought he snapped it over his batting helmet..either way...


BO KNOWS

You left out the part where Tampa sabotaged his senior season of baseball and how he told them after that incident that he would never sign with them so they shouldn't draft him.

He did both, but the knee was most common.

Ahh...
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What's the story? I'm not familiar with it.

It's a good trivia question, too. Who was the only player drafted twice in the NFL draft?

Bo Jackson was the first pick in the 1986 draft and the 183rd pick in the 1987 draft.

It still makes me mad to think about that. You know the Raiders were talking to him while he was in Tampa Bay's control, and then they ended up paying a 7th-round pick to get the #1 pick in the draft. For that reason I was glad that his career ended early, though to be honest he wasn't making much of a net impact with his prima donna stuff showing up midseason every year and making the Raiders shuffle their plans. I thought the whole thing was a circus that made the NFL look like dumb.

here is a pretty good recap of his 30 for 30 episode where i heard this. http://larrybrownsports.com/everythi...-career/165599

He was the best RB I have ever seen play the game. Power and speed combined in one player that has never been seen before or since. AND the fugger could play baseball too?!?

yeah, he was a great athlete. Jim Thorpe is the only guy I can think of that would be in the same discussion.

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Strong and fast with lightning like reflexes.

Played basketball ran track and played baseball at Syracuse.
One time left in the middle of football practice to run 2 events in a track meet, won then went back to practice.
I know you may be sarcastic about lacrosse but they made a major rule change in lacrosse because of him. When you are so good they have to change the rules that says something.

I forgot about that, and in retrospect, I think he did both. It was like a cheap Chinese made toothpick to him. The guy had muscles on his muscles, with the talent to match.

Of course he is....there's never been an athelete that's dominated the way he did in 2 professional sports leagues.

ROFL

Was this in 'Duh' magazine?

Prime Time almost did, but of all things he wasn't as fast.

I bet Bo could play hockey too.

I have a Bo Jackson story that for some reason, doesn't get a lot of press.

At a Royals game one time, I swear I saw Bo snag a line drive to left field on the run, backhanded, with his bare hand.

We all just kind of went :eek:.

sorry...but no

Sauto, I win

Hard to believe Bo Jackson is 60 years old today, happy birthday to one of the greatest athletes of all time.

He's no Patrick Mahomes II.

Bo Jackson is no Bo Derek.

I loved those "Bo Knows" Nike ads.

Bo was so amazing, a lot of his feats go relatively unnoticed. I was working as a food vendor in the stands when he had his first outfield assist, gunning the Twins Mickey Hatcher out at third when Hatcher was trying to go from first to third on a single to right field. I've been to hundreds of major league ball games and there is typical pattern to the cheering when the home team's outfielder has made a throw that has a chance to nail a runner. When Bo made that throw, the cheering started like that and then, for a moment, the stadium got very quiet while the fans registered the flight of a ball thrown so deadly hard and straight from so far away, then as the glove was applied and the runner was called out, the cheering resumed and boomed. Bo had just been called up and everyone was talking about his prodigious batting practice home runs. The intense fans knew that he was supposed to have a great arm. But when all of the fans in Royals Stadium that day actually saw that cannon in action, it was so dazzling that it caused stunned silence.

Still the greatest.

Bo was a perfect 10.

I dunno. I read this lads Wikipedia and my jaw nearly dislocated at how unbelievable it was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Woosnam

Guy got an Olympic gold medal in tennis, captained his country in the football, scored a century at Lord's in the cricket and got a perfect break in snooker.