Who is Your favorite non-Lakers athlete?

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Other than any Lakers, who is your favorite athlete? This is not relegated to only the NBA or basketball.

For me, it is Lawrence Taylor, of the NY Giants.

Other nominees: Pepper Johnson, Bo Jackson, Tiki Barber, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Lenny Dykstra, Mark Bavaro.

As you can tell, I am a Giants fan.

Who are your favorites?
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Money$hot! · Star Player Joined: 18 Dec 2002 Posts: 5911

Ok no basketball...

Barry Sanders to be so humble yet posess such incomprehensible talent is as Barry's play on the field. Barry was the anti-pro athelete. Jerry Rice consumate professional, Sensei of all wide receivers. Bo Jackson probably the greatest professional athlete ever. Bowing out to health issues left everyone with nothing but what-if's. John L. Williams for a long time Seahawk fan this was what being a Hawk was all about. He worked and worked and worked. If you don't understand this one, don't even try.

Emerson Fittipaldi smooth as silk, this guy never hustled his car, only felt the aero and tires working and made the engine get the most of it. Mike Tyson opposite of all that is good. The unclean one. We all know what Tyson was in his heyday. The fear in the eyes of his opponents before the fight said it all. That's the Mike I'm talking about. Arnold Schwartzenegger/Ronnie Coleman are both at the absolute pinnacle of their sport. Arnold really did achieve perfection while Ronnie's combination of strength and size as a bodybuilder is something that will probably never be duplicated (check Youtube for his legendary 800lbs deadlift video).

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:47 am Post subject:

Brett Favre, Reggie White, and Sterling Sharpe

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he_is_the_one · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

Probably Lance Armstrong because of his amazing battle with cancer and then winning the most grueling sports event in the world.
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Caron1 · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 2790

Jackie Robinson, Reggie Bush, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marshall Faulk, Marcus Allen, Troy Polamalu, Sandy Koufax, Joe Louis, Dr. J, Charles White.
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pokoy · Moderator Joined: 12 Apr 2001 Posts: 14545

I liked Eric Gagne.

Still do, but I doubt he'll be a Dodger next season and I'm a hometown kinda guy.

Greg Maddux was always my favorite non-LA baseball player because dude didn't look like an athlete and pitched so cerebrally, so I was ecstatic when we picked him up. Wish we could have had him in his prime, but I'll take this.

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Kournikova
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thetin31 · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:31 am Post subject:

tiger woods, peyton manning, nomar, lebron, dwade, dwight, chris paul

twoface723 · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:35 am Post subject:

T-Mac, Tiger Woods, Vince Young, Reggie Bush, ANdre Johnson, Ryan Howard, Soriano, etc.

Mike@LG · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:51 am Post subject:

Michael Schumacher

Petter Solberg

Kimi Raikkonen
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AirKobe8 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 8586

Women Tennis Playaz

T-Mac, Dwight Howard, Gil Arenas, LeBron.
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halosage · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:12 am Post subject:

Diego Armando Maradona, Leonel Messi, Marcelo Salas, Bam Bam Zamorano, Bron James, Dwight Howard, KG, Lance Armstrong, Jeff Gordon, Pete Sambras, Will Clark, Steve Sax, Bull dog hershizer, Krik Gibson, BO Jackson, Williams sisters(tennis) and Eric Wynalda!

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ocho · Retired Number Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 54120

takeru kobayashi

dcarter4kobe · Franchise Player Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 17816

Joe Johnson my home boy representing Arkansas and my cousin Michael Bennett in the NFL
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Chrome Hearts · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:54 am Post subject:

Ronaldo, Chien Ming Wang, Agassi, Stefan Edberg, Steve Sax
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NomaH Garciaparra, Mike Tyson (because of what he COULD HAVE become if not for the rape, ear biting), Emmit Smith, Cobi Jones, Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Andre Ethier, Derek Jeter
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Big Game James · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

Francisco Liriano... for this year!

angel · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong are the first that come to mind. Golfers aren't supposed to be athletes, but Tiger definitely is one. He is by far the best at what he does. He has a passion for winning. The same can be said of Lance Armstrong. Lance did fight cancer on the way to becoming by far the best in his sport.
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AussieLakerFan · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

Ali, Anthony Mundine, Lance Armstrong, all disabled athletes at all levels - out there not giving up, and my sis - Jade Edmistone - www.jewelinthepool.com

Dorray · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

Orel Hershiser, Tiger Woods, Takeru Kobayashi, Kevin Garnett, Marcus Allen, Bo Jackson, Chris Paul...[/list]