Tiger Woods named Athlete of the Decade

[daggerkobe]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikX-J9szR7SvQKFtkhHIwP26dlDAD9CKFO5O0

Woods was selected Wednesday as the Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press in a vote that was more about 10 years of performance than nearly three weeks of salacious headlines.
Just like so many of his victories, it wasn't much of a contest.
Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors since last month. More than half of the ballots were returned after the Nov. 27 car accident outside his Florida home that set off sensational tales of infidelity.
Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor who won the Tour de France six times this decade, finished second with 33 votes. He was followed by Roger Federer, who won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other man, with 25 votes.
Record-setting Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps came in fourth with 13 votes, followed by New England quarterback Tom Brady (6) and sprinter Usain Bolt (4). Five other athletes received one vote apiece.


Also named:

Adulterer of the Decade
Worst Driver of the Decade
Worst Beating from a Female of the Decade

[B1GER1C828]

[pavyracer]

Golfers are not athletes.

[cappinthepigs]

[rm18]

should of been Tim Duncan, and the decade still has another year left

[konck]

Yes Tiger has had his balls in more holes than any other golfer

[TheLock]

Golfers are not athletes.

I am going to have to disagree with you pavy.

Have you ever played golf and if yes, how many times?

[floridagolfer]

Where did Tiger finish in the Husband of the Year voting?

[The Seer]

Biggest fraud of the decade

[pavyracer]

I am going to have to disagree with you pavy.

Have you ever played golf and if yes, how many times?

I play golf regurarly. I can't break a sweat unless it's 95 degrees. I get a good workout when I play basketball or soccer. I actually need a break after playing these two sports and I'm sore the next day. With golf I just don't get anything hurting.

[big joe 1212]

What a great time to announce this award!

[Deuce]

Good for him, he dominated his sport much more than anyone else did at theirs.

[Irish Lumberjack]

[Willie Bee]

should of been Tim Duncan, and the decade still has another year left

Really, the decade still has a year left? So then 2020 will be the final year of the 2010's?

[tullamore]

Hate to sound like Lou, but Federer deserves to be in this discussion. The past year has probably hurt his credentials.

[Shark79]

Hate to sound like Lou, but Federer deserves to be in this discussion. The past year has probably hurt his credentials.

I agree on this ... I believe Federer deserved a better spot ... even #1

[jjgold]

He deserved it

Congrats Tiger

[rm18]

Really, the decade still has a year left? So then 2020 will be the final year of the 2010's?

Exactly, the first year was 1. The year 0 never existed. So the first decade was 1-10 and every decade ends with 0.

[pavyracer]

Exactly, the first year was 1. The year 0 never existed. So the first decade was 1-10 and every decade ends with 0.

So 300 BC is actually 301 BC because a year was skipped when we went from 1 BC to 1 AD.

[Carseller4]

Where did Obama place in the voting? After winning the Nobel Prize, I thought Athlete of the Decade would have been a lock!

[capitalist pig]

I guess he deserves it for all the tournaments he has won.

later

[The General]

John Cena a better choice, IMO

[The General]

Many boxers or MMA guys, also

[20Four7]

should of been Tim Duncan, and the decade still has another year left

Decade is done 2000 to 2009 is 10 years........

[WINGZ]

WTG Tiger.....also winner for most uses for a putter (Elin Woods for most creative use!)

[fuglyboy86hi]

He deserves ..!!

[Willie Bee]

Exactly, the first year was 1. The year 0 never existed. So the first decade was 1-10 and every decade ends with 0.

So then when your 20 years old, you're in the final year of your teens?

[The General]

Peyton Manning should be mentioned since he lead a team to more NFL decade wins than any other team in NFL history.

[pavyracer]

Jimmy Johnson should be mentioned. He won 4 NASCAR championships in a row and was in the top 3 the rest of the decade. If golfers are athletes then race car drivers are athletes too.

Also Michael Schumacher dominated Formula One like no one else this decade. He was impossible to beat.

Also Valentino Rossi in MotoGP. 7 championships, 1 second, 1 third in this decade.

[marabdl86]

Didn't know athlete and golf could be mentioned together

[Chi_archie]

Mariano Riveria would have been a good selection..... dominates just as much as anyone in the mainstream sports.... maye if they would have won one more world series

[keyboarding]

Hate to sound like Lou, but Federer deserves to be in this discussion. The past year has probably hurt his credentials.

Agreed. I'd pick him over Woods, too. Golf isn't a sport.

[BarkingToad]

Golfers are not athletes.

Totally agree, how can someone who plays a leisure sport against soft competition even be considered. Didn't a 60 year old just miss winning the British Open last year? What other sport do 60 year olds contend for titles? No, Kurt Warner and Brett favre are not 60.

Where did chess champion Vladimir Kramnik rank on this list?

[rm18]

So then when your 20 years old, you're in the final year of your teens?

humans have a full year of being 0, but the year zero never existed, decades and milleniums start with 1

[McBa1n]

Hate to sound like Lou, but Federer deserves to be in this discussion. The past year has probably hurt his credentials.

^-- this
and I fvcking hate tennis.