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Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
May 11 2004 10:46 GMT
#21
Michael Jordan
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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
May 11 2004 10:46 GMT
#22
You kidding about not knowing Michael Jordan? Everybody knows him. I was talking basketball with some of the guys in i.C- (all korean) and many knew the rosters of NBA playoff teams. Not knowing MJ would be a joke. Michael Jordan, is and will be, the biggest sports star of all time.
hk[hanbyul]
Profile Joined May 2004
Canada149 Posts
May 11 2004 10:48 GMT
#23
was he that scared for his own life? lol
http://www.findapix.com/profile.asp?member=hanbyul
dronebabo
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
10866 Posts
May 11 2004 10:48 GMT
#24
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
11739 Posts
May 11 2004 10:49 GMT
#25
Are you all retarded? Michael Johnson, of course. Everyone watches the fucking Olympics, and this bitch owns like all the records. Everyone knows who Michael Golden Shoes Johnson is. If it's not him, then probably Jordan, Beckham, or Ali like others have suggested.
I'm never gonna know you now \ But I'm gonna love you anyhow.
0_0
Profile Joined April 2004
United States2090 Posts
May 11 2004 10:49 GMT
#26
Didn't Michael Jordon try to play baseball?
Dang-it
Profile Joined December 2003
United States557 Posts
May 11 2004 10:51 GMT
#27
guys its babe ruth i mean who doesnt know this candy?
meh?
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
May 11 2004 10:52 GMT
#28
On May 11 2004 19:45 dronebabo wrote:
yet we don't know his name? :D


Well, he WOULD be the most well-known athlete, if people were taught the origin of the word Marathon .
0_0
Profile Joined April 2004
United States2090 Posts
May 11 2004 10:52 GMT
#29
On May 11 2004 19:51 Dang-it wrote:
guys its babe ruth i mean who doesnt know this candy?


omg, yeah I forgot about Babe Ruth .
hk[hanbyul]
Profile Joined May 2004
Canada149 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-05-11 10:53:44
May 11 2004 10:53 GMT
#30
Bruce lee! lol because if you know who he is then he has survived over 20 or 30 years.
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SojT
Profile Joined February 2004
United States789 Posts
May 11 2004 10:54 GMT
#31
On May 11 2004 19:37 hunterAS wrote:
well we all know boxer and nada are the most famous sheesh.

nal_ra
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Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
May 11 2004 10:55 GMT
#32
Maybe Pele? I'd expect anybody into soccer to know him, and most of the world is into soccer so yeah.
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
May 11 2004 10:56 GMT
#33
Nobody outside of the US knows a loser like Babe Ruth.

Honestly, I dont even think Babe Ruth was all that. He played baseball 80 years ago and I doubt that the average baseball player then was good as the average player now.

Oh well, even if he was super legendary, it's not like baseball is a popular sport.
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Lockdown-
Profile Joined May 2003
United States297 Posts
May 11 2004 10:58 GMT
#34
I would place a 20$ bet that pele is the most popular athlete in the world.
chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
May 11 2004 11:00 GMT
#35
On May 11 2004 19:36 PuertoRican wrote:
if yer talkin about Ali, then yes he's considered an athlete because boxing is a sport.


he meant woods
:O
dronebabo
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
10866 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-05-11 11:00:56
May 11 2004 11:00 GMT
#36
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chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
May 11 2004 11:00 GMT
#37
On May 11 2004 19:44 Bill307 wrote:
The ancient Greek guy who died after running as hard as he could to alert a city called Marathon that they were going to be attacked (iirc). An entire sport is now named after that incident .


its one race, not the whole sport :-/
:O
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28626 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-05-11 11:05:08
May 11 2004 11:01 GMT
#38
are you guys naming american stars retarded or something? considering basketball, baseball and american football are sports mainly played in usa, while real football is played through the entire world, it's obviously going to be a football player.

and even if we're talking all time, I'd guess beckham. but pele is also incredibly famous.

here in europe we know about people like jordan and we've heard of a couple other basket stars and we know on average perhaps 3-5 american football players/baseball players. but seriously, go to asia, africa or south america and poll people on whom they've heard of and have the options michael jordan, ali, beckham, pele, babe ruth, wayne gretzky and some american football player (I don't even know who's the most famous player through all time and I've paid a lot more attention to american sports than the average norwegian. )

if you think beckham or pele would not win a worldwide poll then yeah, I really gotta wonder what's going on inside your head.

and the reason why I think beckham would probably beat pele is that he recently went on a promote-himself tour across asia, and there is now a whole lot more media around the world than it was back when pele was the best. some of the newer football nations might not have heard as much of the old stars as they have of the new stars, and back in 1970, asian countries weren't as into football as they are now.

to quote steven patrick morrissey

"America is not the world."
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Sadist
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States7215 Posts
May 11 2004 11:01 GMT
#39
loser?

how can you call babe ruth a loser.

What a fucking douche bag.

Who cares if baseball isnt popular, that doesnt make babe ruth a loser. The guy TRANSFORMED the game, made it EXTREMELY popular, and single handedly popularized the homerun


Baseball isnt like bw, you can compare people from 80 yrs ago to now.
The guy didnt even play witha helmet, had none of these steroids or anything, and still hit that 714 homeruns. YOu seriously have no fucking clue. I really hope you arent from america
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it. Jim Valvano
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
May 11 2004 11:01 GMT
#40
Well most americans I think heard of the pele b4 beckhem. I never watched soccer but I've heard of pele. I never heard of beckhem b4 that movie.
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