Favre one of nine athletes up for 'Greatest' honor Bill Huber - Scout.com May 25, 2005 at 11:22am ET Discovery Channel's "Greatest American" series starts with 100 of the most renowned people in the nation's history before the list is whittled to one in a series of viewer votes. Packers quarterback Brett Favre is among nine athletes vying for the honor. The others are Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Pat Tillman and Tiger Woods. It's stiff competition for Favre, and that's not even factoring in the fact he's going up against the likes...