ESPN Sport Science's Greatest Athlete of All Time!

[R8RFAN]

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http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/feature/index?page=greatestofalltime

I agree

[Rasputin]

Per Tecmo Super Bowl.

[R8RFAN]

Per Tecmo Super Bowl.
DON'T BE BITTER

[Rasputin]

DON'T BE BITTER

I like Bo. It really bothered me that he got hurt from that Bengals tackle from behind. I cringed when that happened.

He was fun to watch even if he was a Raider.

As a Royal he was great too. That was hard to watch him go back and forth to teams. I loved the Royals and hated the Raiders but watching Bo just had to appreciate what he could do.

I remember him doing an inside the park home run one time and thought that was the coolest thing ever.

[Bump]

Jerry Rice. Nobody could ever do it longer and better. (that's what she said)

[BlackHelicopters]

4 letter network. Greatest. Funny.

[Pablo]

Sad I never got to watch the guy play.

[DanT]

Bo Jackson was a beast. I was lucky to see some of his incredible feats in Kansas City.

Yesterday I just happened to get curious about the pole vault record and whether Sergey Bubka still has it. It turns out that no one is even close to him. That's an event that requires incredible speed, strength and agility.
http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/vertical-jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/men/senior/

That IAAF site is pretty slick. You can use it to look up the fastest 100m performances of all time. Usain Bolt has a commanding lead there, though in my opinion it is not quite as impressive a lead as Sergey Bubka has.

There's only been one athlete to hold world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m: The Polish women's athlete, Irena Szewinska http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Szewinska. That's pretty impressive, holding world records across that set of events.

Bo Jackson, though, could hit a baseball a ton and that's one of the toughest things to do. Michael Jordan couldn't. In baseball, it wasn't just that he was an All-Star, he was a phenomenon. He did such incredible things. I remember the week leading up to his first major-league homer, which was a record setter in Royals Stadium by the way, he shot the speedy Mickey Hatcher at 3rd base with a bullet from right field. (Turns out that was the first inning of the game on September 9: http://www.backtobaseball.com/playballregularseason.php?page=4&IDindex=KCA198609090&date=September+9%2C+1986 )I'll never forget the fan reaction. There seemed to be an audible pause in which the fans in Royals Stadium each had to ask themselves if what they just saw was real. How in the hell could a running back have an arm that good? That outfield assist is barely even mentioned when folks talk about Bo Jackson's baseball feats, because he did so many more weird things than that, including shooting Harold Reynolds at home from the warning track, running on outfield fences and hitting prodigious homers.

Not to mention his accomplishments on the football field. Yeah, Bo Jackson was something else.

[ChiefsCountry]

Here is a better picture
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugtltKNby1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg

[Chiefshrink]

Yesterday I just happened to get curious about the pole vault record and whether Sergey Bubka still has it. It turns out that no one is even close to him. That's an event that requires incredible speed, strength and agility.
http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/vertical-jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/men/senior/

And STEROIDS !! which is why no one has even come close.

[Chiefshrink]

Here is a better picture
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugtltKNby1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg

Come on ChiefsCountry you know you can do this to a bat as well !!

[Pablo]

Here is a better picture
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugtltKNby1qm9rypo1_1280.jpgMods please change the picture at the top to this.

K. Thnx. Bye.

[DanT]

Some links about about Bo's major league debut.

http://www.shermanreport.com/saturday-flashback-my-memories-bo-jacksons-major-league-debut/

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-passan_eric_hosmer_debut_royals_bo_jackson_memories_050611

Cool SI Story during the middle of his career. My younger brother happened to be at Fenway to see that catch Bo made on the Gedman line drive.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068474/1/index.htm

[ChiefsCountry]

Another quirky fact: the Royals have drafted three #1 overall picks in the NFL draft.
Steve Bartkoswski
John Elway
Bo Jackson

The Royals also drafted Dan Marino, Archie Manning, and Deion Sanders.

[Dayze]

Love football jerseys with dirt and grass stains

[Hydrae]

Bo was one of the greatest without a doubt. I have always thought Jim Thorpe was probably the greatest of all time though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe

[Thig Lyfe]

Bo was one of the greatest without a doubt. I have always thought Jim Thorpe was probably the greatest of all time though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe

The best athlete of 1912 would get obliterated by Dexter McCluster in any test of skill. IT'S SCIENCE.

[Pablo]

Another quirky fact: the Royals have drafted three #1 overall picks in the NFL draft.
Steve Bartkoswski
John Elway
Bo Jackson

The Royals also drafted Dan Marino, Archie Manning, and Deion Sanders.The Royals draft more franchise QB's than the Chiefs.

LMAO

Love it.

[Rasputin]

I'm going to go with my own opinion on who the greatest athlete and clutch performer of all time is. Jesse Owens. What he did in the Olympics in front of the third reich was probably the most significant sports history of all time.

[MMXcalibur]

They did a bracket for this and apparently, Jackie Robinson made it to the Semifinals.

....yeah.

[ROYC75]

Bo Jackson was a beast. I was lucky to see some of his incredible feats in Kansas City.

Yesterday I just happened to get curious about the pole vault record and whether Sergey Bubka still has it. It turns out that no one is even close to him. That's an event that requires incredible speed, strength and agility.
http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/vertical-jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/men/senior/

That IAAF site is pretty slick. You can use it to look up the fastest 100m performances of all time. Usain Bolt has a commanding lead there, though in my opinion it is not quite as impressive a lead as Sergey Bubka has.

There's only been one athlete to hold world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m: The Polish women's athlete, Irena Szewinska http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Szewinska. That's pretty impressive, holding world records across that set of events.

Bo Jackson, though, could hit a baseball a ton and that's one of the toughest things to do. Michael Jordan couldn't. In baseball, it wasn't just that he was an All-Star, he was a phenomenon. He did such incredible things. I remember the week leading up to his first major-league homer, which was a record setter in Royals Stadium by the way, he shot the speedy Mickey Hatcher at 3rd base with a bullet from right field. (Turns out that was the first inning of the game on September 9: http://www.backtobaseball.com/playballregularseason.php?page=4&IDindex=KCA198609090&date=September+9%2C+1986 )I'll never forget the fan reaction. There seemed to be an audible pause in which the fans in Royals Stadium each had to ask themselves if what they just saw was real. How in the hell could a running back have an arm that good? That outfield assist is barely even mentioned when folks talk about Bo Jackson's baseball feats, because he did so many more weird things than that, including shooting Harold Reynolds at home from the warning track, running on outfield fences and hitting prodigious homers.

Not to mention his accomplishments on the football field. Yeah, Bo Jackson was something else.


I'm 55, have seem many of athletes, Bo was and is the greatest I have saw. He had the ability to do many things well and even at a professional level. That hip injury took him away from accomplishing many of great feats. The kid was phenomenal.

[KChiefs1]

Interesting subject

[KChiefs1]

Bo knows GOAT

[R8RFAN]

I'm 55, have seem many of athletes, Bo was and is the greatest I have saw. He had the ability to do many things well and even at a professional level. That hip injury took him away from accomplishing many of great feats. The kid was phenomenal.


I am 46 1/2 , same here, not just because he was a part time Raider.... I never seen an athlete with that much power and finesse in my life... I hope to see it again

[Hammock Parties]

That's bullshit

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[Pasta Little Brioni]

Not...a....chance...in...hell

[chiefzilla1501]

Jerry Rice. Nobody could ever do it longer and better. (that's what she said)

I'm as big of a fan of Jerry Rice as anybody.

But he's nowhere near the greatest athlete of all time. He wasn't even that fast. Randy Moss was much better of an athlete than Rice, even though I'd take Rice a million times over Moss.

[Hammock Parties]

If Bo Jackson, basically the best combination of power and speed ever, is the GOAT....is Dexter McCluster the worst ever?

[R8RFAN]

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