I’m not a big fan of when people say “No big deal” or “NBD” when describing something that is a big deal. But it seems appropriate to say, Max King won two races this weekend… NBD. King followed up his XTERRA win by winning the Big Foot 10K. What a stud!

Top 10 Big Foot:
1 Max King 1 M3034 Bend 32:54
2 Timothy Badley 1 M2529 Bend 33:01
3 Andy Young 2 M2529 Bend 35:05
4 Doug Lange 1 M4044 Bend 35:24
5 Frans Alajoki 2 M3034 Bend 35:38
6 John Rosswog 3 M3034 Bend 36:44
7 Ryan Ness 1 M3539 Bend 36:51
8 Bill Bliss 2 M4044 Bend 37:04
9 Jason Townsend 4 M3034 Bend 37:41
10 Mercy Ray 1 F2529 Applegate 38:06

It’s one of those fun things to talk about, “who is the best” at their particular sport or position of all time? I just came across Jerry Rice’s list of records and I think it is safe to say that he is the greatest wide receiver in football history. Take a look at this overwhelming list!

Here are a few other greatest of all times in my opinion, who did I miss and where did I go wrong?

NBA Player – Michael Jordan
Soccer Player – Pele
Hockey player - Wayne Gretzky
Tennis player - Roger Federer
Boxer – Muhammed Ali

Carl Decker likes to go fast!

Anyone out there watching the US Open? Let’s hear some predictions!

Here are mine:
Men’s Singles – Roger Federer def. Rafael Nadal
Women’s Singles – Venus Williams def. Maria Sharapova
Men’s Doubles – Bryan brothers
Women’s Doubles – Lisa Raymond/Rennae Stubbs

First let me say that my favorite pro sport to watch is the NBA. My favorite sport to play is tennis. But I have to admit that the sport that is by far the best to be a fan of is the NFL… hands down! Here are three reasons why:

Madden Football
Because of the video game sensation “Madden Football” fans not only know the rules and strategies of the game, but they know the very smallest intricacies, terminology and details. The game gets better every year and players of the video game become more knowledgeable of the game of pro football.

One game a week
With just one game a week, you can stay up to date on everything. I love the NBA, but keeping up on an 82-game season can be like a full time job… and don’t even get me started on following baseball, that season takes a lifetime.

Fantasy football
Because of fantasy football, or as some girls I know call it “Fairy Tale Football”, fans not only follow team success but crunch individual numbers and stay up-to-date on more info that one may want to admit.

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1984, 1996 or 2003?

First let’s put together a fictional starting lineup from each draft:

1984
G – John Stockton
G – Michael Jordan
C – Hakeem Olajuwon
F – Charles Barkley
F – Kevin Willis

1996
G – Steve Nash
G – Allen Iverson
C – Ben Wallace
F – Kobe Bryant
F – Jermaine O’Neal

2003
G – Dwayne Wade
G – LeBron James
C – Chris Kaman
F – Carmelo Anthony
F – Chris Bosh

1996 was hard to pick a starting five, because it was very guard heavy, so I went with a three guard lineup, because you can’t leave one of those guys out. I think that if all the players were in their prime… 1984 would be tough to beat, but I don’t think the 2003 players are in their prime yet. Any lineup with Jordan, Barkley, Olajuwon is going to be untouchable and to have Stockton running the show and getting those guys the ball in the right place makes them the favorite in my book.

The 1996 draft has to be considered the deepest ever with: Allen Iverson (No. 1), Marcus Camby (No. 2), Shareef Abdur-Rahim (No. 3), Stephon Marbury (No. 4), Ray Allen (No. 5), Antoine Walker (No. 6), Kobe Bryant (No. 13), Peja Stojakovic (No. 14), Steve Nash (No. 15), Jermaine O’Neal (No. 17), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (No. 20) and Ben Wallace (undrafted).

The 2003 draft was also very deep: LeBron James (No. 1), Carmelo Anthony (No. 3), Chris Bosh (No. 4), Dwayne Wade (No. 5), Chris Kaman (No. 6), David West (No. 18), Josh Howard (No. 29) and Mo Williams (No. 47). James, Wade and Bosh are now teammates, which could make this draft go down as the most dominant as far as wins go if the Miami Heat trio can win the 10 or so titles they are hoping for. Wade already has one.

So I’m going to say that the deepest draft ever is 1996, the best ever is 1984 and potentially the bestest ever is 2003.

I was just in Minnesota and I went to the Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the country. When we went into the Minnesota Vikings team store I was shocked at how much NFL jerseys cost. I new that there was different grades of jerseys and that some could get up over $100, but I had no idea that an authentic replica jersey (not one that was actually worn in a game, but is the same quality as a game jersey) cost $260! That really caught me by surprise. How much have you or would you pay for a jersey?

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