Tiger Woods is America's favorite athlete, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll released last week. Woods takes over the top spot from perennial favorite Michael Jordan, who has been the nation's favorite sports star ever year since Harris has conducted this poll in 1993. Jordan dropped to number two. Both men and women named Tiger Woods as their favorite athlete.Rounding out the Top 10:
1. Tiger Woods
2. Michael Jordan
3. Brett Favre, Green Bay Packer quarterback
4. Derek Jeter, NY Yankees
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., race car driver
6. Shaquille O'Neal, Miami Heat
7. Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
8. LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
9. Jeff Gordon, race car driver
10. Barry Bonds
James, Gordon and Bonds appear on this list for the first time. That's a surprise. I would think that Bonds would be on this list several time over the last few years on the basis of his accomplishments. But I guess he is not as popular with the American public as we think.
America's Favorite Female Athletes:
1. Venus Williams
2. Serena Williams
3. Mia Hamm
4. Michelle Wie, golfer
5. Danica Patrick, race car driver
6. Michelle Kwan, figure skater
7. Annika Sorenstram, golfer
8. Maria Sharapova, tennis
9. Anna Kournakova, tennis
10. Sasha Cohen, figure skater
Patrick, Sharapova and Cohen appear on the list for the first time. These lists at least begin to reflect more modern athletes. In the 2005 list, Mary Lou Retton, Martina Navratilova and Chris Everett were listed and they have long since retired.
So who are my favorites? From these lists, I choose Tiger Woods and Danica Patrick. My own personal favorites: Paul Konerko of the White Sox (although I'd like to name the entire Sox team for this honor) and either Steffi Graf or Lindsey Davenport.
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