Can you name the athletes that received at least one vote for Associated Press (AP) Athlete of the Decade? by MaxQ

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AP Athlete of the Decade Quiz

by MaxQ

Created Dec 25, 2009 in Sports
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	Remot:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	-2 points
	ridiculous that Barry Bonds wasn't on this list

	fatbeard:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 05:34 GMT	6 points
	more ridiculous that not a single hockey player, for instance Martin Brodeur, wasn't on this list

	markbecker8:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT	5 points
	not really, very few people from any of the 4 major sports

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	minus_the_bear:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 07:28 GMT	9 points
	yea but who cares about tennis, let alone women's wheelchair tennis. man up and walk it off...

	statephone:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 08:27 GMT	5 points
	bonds did steroids.

	B_smoove:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 09:35 GMT	0 points
	lol i actually guessed pacquiao for some reason

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	Etheridge2:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 12:54 GMT	9 points
	@ Poos Football, Baseball, NASCAR and the AP is an American news agency so it stands to reason even though they cover world news that it is with an American perspective.

	ramblingator:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	13 points
	Can someone explain to me why Usain Bolt gets so many votes in these athlete of the decade polls? No one knew who he was before Beijing. 2 years does not make a decade.

	havlorech:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 17:43 GMT	10 points
	@ramblingator: To be fair, Bolt broke 2 major world records in track. I'm more upset at Duncan getting the shaft. He has as many rings as Shaq and more MVPs but gets ignored because he keeps to himself.

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	IsThisIt:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 19:26 GMT	20 points
	@bsd987: If I have to Google them to find out what sport they play, they shouldn't be Athlete of the Decade.

	kraffcook:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	3 points
	I agree with IsThisIt. No idea who that is.

	brewdude15:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 21:09 GMT	4 points
	No idea why Pacquiao is on here.

	mybeaglebelle:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 23:06 GMT	-1 points
	Yes! No A-Fraud!

	mybeaglebelle:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 23:08 GMT	5 points
	I don't consider NASCAR drivers athletes, or at least athletes of the decade. There's nothing athletic about driving around in circles at 180 MPH for 6 hours.

	tmonation:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	0 points
	you'd be surprised how tough nascar driving is, takes a ton of endurance and skill, how hot it is in the cars and concentration to drive that long

	paddy26:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	5 points
	Wow. What idiot would put Jimmie Johnson over Tiger, Lance, Phelps, Federer, etc. I would say that all of the four I listed were more dominant in their respective sport, and all four of them play more physically demanding sports.

	rudyfernandez5:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 00:02 GMT	-1 points
	i couldnt spell pacquiao and for some reason i just blanked on pujols

	aardvark:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 00:23 GMT	2 points
	O'neal wasn't even the best NBA player of the last 10 years ... Woods, Armstrong, Federer, Bolt & Phelps good votes the other voters should change their jobs.

	Annie:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 01:29 GMT	6 points
	Tisk, tisk. Should have been Federer...

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	CitizenSnips:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 05:36 GMT	7 points
	You said there was "no denying" that someone nobody has heard of was the most successful athlete of the decade. That's what they are down-arrowing, I suspect.

	Illini13:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 14:10 GMT	4 points
	Yes this might be from an American perspective, but that's because it was done by American writers. I'm sure a German or French etc poll wouldn't include Brady or Manning, or any other athlete from a sport which had no prescence in their country.

	wisedrunker:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT	-3 points
	no denying how dominant woods was on his sport, but im against Athlete of the Decade (or year) come from Golf who is a borderline sport, like Bowling but outdoors.. even Fat guys that smoke can win a major golf tournament.. But u wont see a fat guy that smokes winning a tour d France or a swimming gold medal. Even Shaq, who is consider fat, is in a good shape (just not good enough for the sport he plays).. and u can see how poorly he is doing for being out of shape (and old). Kobe or Duncan should had been there, whoever voted for Shaq clearly dont know mush about basketball, if the decade was from 1995 to 2005 then i would had gone with Shaq

	CoolerKing:	Dec 27th, 2009 at 02:40 GMT	3 points
	Really surprised Kobe Bryant didn't even get 1 vote...

	Poos:	Dec 27th, 2009 at 16:53 GMT	-2 points
	Can someone please tell me why my previous comment is at -14? I'm curious.

	Poos:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT	2 points
	First of all, at no point have I complained of this site being 'too American' I understand that the majority (or plurality) of users are American which is reflected in the quizzes. Secondly, I assumed Associated Press was international. I just find it strange that my comment was marked down. I only mark comments down if they contain incorrect or insulting remarks. Perhaps the tone of my comment was misunderstood.

	MattCortese:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 01:08 GMT	3 points
	Poos- A lot of people complain about the sports quizzes because they are "too American". So when you were asking if it was from an American perspective (I'm assuming you were legitimately asking) people just assume you are being snarky. Therefore they will vote it down. I guess the same thing would happen if it was a Grand Prix quiz and an American said something about it being too European.

	superpole2000:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 21:38 GMT	0 points
	The top three are excellent choices. The vote for Johnson is ridiculous.

	tennisguy:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 04:07 GMT	3 points
	Woods over Federer is a joke. Federer has won 15 majors this decade to Woods's 12, and he broke the record for most majors. http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/features.aspx?articleid=2996&zoneid=9

	geowiz85:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 22:15 GMT	1 point
	@superpole, agreed, race drivers are not athletes. and as for bolt, im sorry but two years of dominance is not a big enough chunk of the decade to merit a vote

	Illini13:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 22:38 GMT	1 point
	I'll agree that NASCAR drivers aren't atheletes in that to be a NASCAR driver one doesn't have to be athletic, but golf also doesn't require one to be athletic. Even in baseball, certain positions can get away with being unathletic, such as pitcher (David Wells is a great example: he is overweight, out of shape and slow, yet he pitched a perfect game, arguably the most difficult individual accomplishment in the sport)

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	addicted1:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	-1 points
	Nascar is quite difficult and dangerous, but it is a skill not a sport in my opinion. Golf is probably a sport but just barely.

	phdstudent:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 22:00 GMT	0 points
	I can't believe that Nascar made it on the list, that Shaq got the only basketball vote, and that Tiger won. A golfer should be athlete of the decade, because 60 year old men win golf tournaments. How many 60 year olds could play professional football, baseball, or basketball? Do you think Jimmie Johnson can even dribble? And no soccer players on the list?