On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quite simply though, Woods and Federer dominate each of their respective > sports in ways that are rarely, if ever, seen and really we don't have in > other popular pro sports right now. yes and no. Tennis is almost always being "dominated" by someone...from Bjorg to Mcenroe to Navratilova to Sampras to Graf........ So when discussing the greatest tennis player of all time, you have dozens of "dominators" to choose from, and you have to decide who dominated the best. Many feel that Federer has the most dominating all around game of all time, and I tend to agree with them. When it comes to Golf, the sport is rarely being dominated by any one player. The exceptions throughout the long history of the sport are so rare, that you can name them quite easily...Snead, Jones, Nicklaus, Woods. It's a tough comparison, but one that is fun to do anyway....that's what makes sports so great. While most non-Americans would go for Roger, as golf is nowhere near as > popular as tennis outside the US. I think Roger does really need a win at > the French to really cement his reputation, but then even Sampras was never > any good on clay and Roger has a string of seconds to his name at least...he > just has had the bad luck of being up a really extraordinary clay player in > Nadal. I think the next few years will really tell the tale as well as we > are seeing some great new players coming up that will really be challenging > him, at the same time that he will inevitably be slowing simply due to age > and the punishing effects of the years of play. > I don't necessarily agree with your conclusions (I don't know how much the nationality really plays into it), but it's fun to actually see a tennis discussion........have I actually found another tennis fan???? -- Her face used to feel so soft Until her agent's doctor pulled it off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256617 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
