[Canedawg]

Obozo gets the Nobel, Tiger awarded athlete of the decade, and next up, OJ Simpson gets humanitarian of the century.

[fwdude]

Athlete? It’s golf, for heaven’s sake!!

[uncitizen]

My vote is for LeBron James!

aka LBJ, The L-Train, King James. There’s a joke that half Clevelands economy is LeBron James. There’s a kernel of truth to that one. He sure did his part (along with his teammates) to bring Clevelands reputation up a few notches.

Go Cavs!!!

[Charles Henrickson]

I think they mean “top athlete of the decadent.”

[nfldgirl]

I think very highly of Roger Federer, and would be shocked and very disappointed to learn if he were using steriods. I'd also like to think that, aside from being at the top of their respective sports, he and Tiger have nothing in common. (I think this so called "friendship" between them has been more media-driven than in actuality. Unless Roger is a weasle, lying snake, screwing any and everything he can get his hands on, I don't see what, if anything, they actually have in common at all.)

I was very disappointed in Andre coming out admitting that he had used PEDs; IMHO it greatly diminished his accomplishments in my mind, just as it did with B. Bonds breaking Hank's all-time HR record.

As for Roger...what an athlete! You have to admire tennis players...and cyclists like Lance A., given the amount of physical strength and endurance required to succeed in those sports.

[SouthTexas]

Woods voted top athlete of the decade

By his girlfriends.

[bmwcyle]

Top POS of all the POS’s.

[GOPsterinMA]

A trend perhaps:

Barry 0 “wins” the Nobel...

Bernanke “wins” Time’s “Person of the Year”...

Ole Tige “wins” athlete of the decade...

Algore “wins” the Nobel...

Look at many of the Oscar winners over the last decade for Best Film, Actor, Actress, etc.

How can they be taken seriously? These awards aren’t worth the tin or paper they’re made with or printed on.

[Mashood]

I thought table tennis champ Bjorn Hornkenstrul would’ve won. He’s good.

[GeronL]

OJ Simpson came in 2nd

[Fiji Hill]

Carson Palmer with Shillelagh, 2002

[Crolis]

One of the athletes I've been very impressed with is Bryan Clay. He won silver in the Decathlon in Athens and gold in Beijing. He seems to be a class act and for all the events he competes in, I'd say he's an excellent athlete.

[soycd]

Well he has been using his woods a lot lately. That can take quite a bit of stamina.

[fhayek]

O.J. Simpson is in the Hall of Fame. Mickey Mantle drank like a fish. Wilt Chamberlain bedded quite a few women in his day (if we can believe him). Geez. We need to separate what he does on the course from what he has done off of it. There is a lot of rock music that I like that is produced by absolute sleezebags. What can you do? I still am a fan of Tiger Woods’ golf game. And why the posts about his race/mixed heritage. I don’t see why any of THAT matters at all.

[RetroSexual]

I'll bet those maroons didn't even consider Joey Chestnut, who rose from Competitive Eating Rookie of the Year to his current status as the #1 competitive eater in the entire world!

66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, folks. Tiger couldn't do half of that. And earlier this year, Chestnut consumed 5.9 pounds of funnel cake in merely 10 minutes.

And he doesn't need a caddy to carry his hot dogs, either:

The man is a true hero, an inspiration to our children and a hope for our future. Although I admit I'm partial to the "Black Widow", there is no doubt that Joey Chestnut is the finest human athlete ever to walk the face of our earth.

[traditional1]

No white heterosexual male has a chance in the State-Run-Media honorarium, period.

[CougarGA7]

Well, I do have to admire his endurance.

[SmithL]

Obama had a lock on the award, right up until Cheetah had that fantastic finish.

[Reagan Man]

One of the media’s golden boys wins again. oops!

LOL

[ichabod1]

So, I guess we have a tie between Mark Maguire and Sammy Sosa for top athletes of the 90s, and now Tiger “the Juicer” Woods as top athlete of the Aughts. Nice. If you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying. The socialist motto.