Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year ?

[dukehjsteve]

It's still a bit early to speculate, but does Usain have a chance this year, or how about Allison ?

[eldanielfire]

Usain's historical double triple at the Olympics should do it for him.

[gh]

with Gabby Douglas in the picture? (for a starter)

You have to keep in mind that the SI choice has nothing to do with the best athletic performance(s) of the year.

[MightyBurner]

Roger Federer.

[Trackrunner]

You really think they're going to put a non American on the cover of SI? Yes I believe Gretzky was on there a while back but most people in America think of Canada as a kind of North Montana where the residents are a bit quaint and speak funny but they don't really see it as a different country.

[MightyBurner]

Jackie Stewart was Sportsman of the year. They'll probably cop out and give it to the Fab Five en masse.

[Davidokun]

Usain's historical double triple at the Olympics should do it for him.

I wouldn't count on it. It's been thirty years since anyone not from the U.S.A. has won outright (Wayne Gretzky in 1982), and twenty-eight years since a track athlete has won (Edwin Moses shared with Mary Lou Retton in 1984). Michael Johnson lost to an amateur golfer in 1996.

[Pego]

I predict LeBron. NBA+OG gold, best player of the Games.

[MightyBurner]

Is LeBron a figure who seeks to better the world? I don't know if you can say that.

[Pego]

Is LeBron a figure who seeks to better the world? I don't know if you can say that.

Just since 2000. Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Boston Red Sox, Tom Brady, Dwayne Wade, Brett Favre, Derek Jeter.

You were saying ?

[jazzcyclist]

but most people in America think of Canada as a kind of North Montana where the residents are a bit quaint and speak funny but they don't really see it as a different country.

Don't you think Americans have that same patriarchal attitude towards Jamaica?

[Marlow]

but most people in America think of Canada as a kind of North Montana where the residents are a bit quaint and speak funny but they don't really see it as a different country.

Don't you think Americans have that same patriarchal attitude towards Jamaica?

While I admit to us having an avuncular attitude towards Canada (Uncle Sam's favorite nephew), Jamaica (and the Caribbean) really does seem like a foreign country to most Americans (I think).

[TrackFan4Ever]

with Gabby Douglas in the picture? (for a starter)

You have to keep in mind that the SI choice has nothing to do with the best athletic performance(s) of the year.

Well Felix has no chance for AOY or Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. How about her chances for 2012 Sportswoman Of The Year? Maybe she can get lucky like SRR did when she won AOD over VCB.

[tandfman]

If Bolt didn't win it in 2008 or 2009, he's not going to win it this year.

[vip]

It'll be LeBron in a slam dunk. NBA title, Olympic gold, MVP, changed his image. Nobody in track and field had such an impact on the general sports fan. Besides, unless that athlete was amazing in a marquee event (100 meters, namely) they don't stand a chance.

It'll be LeBron, followed by Gabby, then Eli Manning (Super Bowl champ) and somewhere down the list, Bolt.

[tandfman]

Because of the nationality thing, Eaton might have a better shot than Bolt.

[vip]

Eaton would not have a better shot than Bolt. More people in the U.S. know Bolt than Eaton, and the magazine business is all about sales. Back in 2006 Dwyane Wade won the award over Federer, who won three of the four Grand Slams that year and was runner-up in the one he didn't win.

[bekayne]

Usain's historical double triple at the Olympics should do it for him.

I wouldn't count on it. It's been thirty years since anyone not from the U.S.A. has won outright (Wayne Gretzky in 1982)

Coincidence?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

[Davidokun]

Yes, I do think it is a coincidence that Time Inc. published a series of editorials calling for American renewal in early 1981, then awarded the Sportsman of the Year to a Canadian, Wayne Gretzky, in late 1982.

[Ned Ryerson]

twenty-eight years since a track athlete has won

I count 25 years.

[Davidokun]

Eight "Athletes Who Care" shared the award in 1987, including Judi Brown King and Kip Keino. I discounted them because they won for community service, not athletic achievement.

We are proud to honor here the eight Sportsmen and Sportswomen of 1987, athletes who best practice the ideals of sportsmanship away from the arena.

'a Little Lower Than The Angels'

[jamal00005]

with Gabby Douglas in the picture? (for a starter)

You have to keep in mind that the SI choice has nothing to do with the best athletic performance(s) of the year.

Well Felix has no chance for AOY or Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. How about her chances for 2012 Sportswoman Of The Year? Maybe she can get lucky like SRR did when she won AOD over VCB.

I did not know sanya won AOD over VCB .I would have thought they would have given that to VCB

[MightyBurner]

Is LeBron a figure who seeks to better the world? I don't know if you can say that.

Just since 2000. Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Boston Red Sox, Tom Brady, Dwayne Wade, Brett Favre, Derek Jeter.

You were saying ?

Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson did it together
David Robinson is the definition of a figure seeking to better the world
Tom Brady is beautiful
Brett Favre is the media's love affair
Dwyane Wade started a charity when he was 21
the Red Sox won for the first time in 86 years
Derek Jeter is a Yankee

[26mi235]

Is LeBron a figure who seeks to better the world? I don't know if you can say that.

Just since 2000. Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Boston Red Sox, Tom Brady, Dwayne Wade, Brett Favre, Derek Jeter.

You were saying ?

Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson did it together
David Robinson is the definition of a figure seeking to better the world
Tom Brady is beautiful
Brett Favre is the media's love affair
Dwyane Wade started a charity when he was 21
the Red Sox won for the first time in 86 years
Derek Jeter is a Yankee

Jeter was only second among Yankees and about sixth overall in the voting for Baseball Player of the Year (or maybe just AL POY), how he could then be AOY of all sports is beyond me -- at that point it became meaningless and pointless.

[Tuariki]

This is just athlete of the year for American readers of SI. And so the choices are pretty much limited to athletes competing in the USA and usually for the USA. on a world level the AOY is probably a soccer player.in India it will be a cricketer.

[lionelp1]

You mean S.I's American Sportsperson of the year. They are far too babyish to see the choice as a world sportsperson choice. After all their readers in the States probably believe that not being an American sportsperson is a bit of a mistake of nature.

[Tuariki]

You mean S.I's American Sportsperson of the year. They are far too babyish to see the choice as a world sportsperson choice. After all their readers in the States probably believe that not being an American sportsperson is a bit of a mistake of nature.

You mean it's not??

[Ned Ryerson]

Eight "Athletes Who Care" shared the award in 1987, including Judi Brown King and Kip Keino. I discounted them because they won for community service, not athletic achievement.

Athletic accomplishments (within the calendar year) went out the window a while ago as far as this award's concerned.

[tm71]

kind of a BS award given that it favors baseball, NFL, NBA and golf over any olympic sports, pro soccer and tennis. very likely james will get it this year with someone like eli manning in second. the fab 5 will be the only olympic athletes to be considered.

[Pego]

I predict LeBron. NBA+OG gold, best player of the Games.

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