I totally think that Michael Phelps should have gotten the SI Sportsman of the Year. He was the best athlete at the Olympics and was competing against the best people in the world. He was able to win so many medals at one Olympics with a schedule that many other athletes couldn't handle. But, I am sure that the DUI totally cancelled him out. If he was a football or basketball player up for this award and got a DUI or arrested for rape, he still would have gotten the award. It just goes to show you how the Mainstream Sports Press don't want to see a swimmer get any kind of a mainstream award and will find anything negative to tear swimmers down a few notches. The Mainstream sports press will feature you on the SI Fox Special and let you to the ESPY Awards. But, to receive an award is just ludicrous to them for swimming. This wouldn't have happened to Kobe Bryant. Swimming is still the most looked down upon or discriminated Sport out there.
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Originally posted by Fred Johnson
I agree. Armstrong or Phelps should have gotten the nod. Not taking anything away from Phelps (or the BoSox - I'm an avid baseball fan and as a swimmer I lean towards Phelps) but Armstrong's feat is simply over the top. The Tour is unlike any other sporting event and his performance 6 years running and this year specifically was unmatched in sports. Plus he is a great advocate for cancer survivors and gave his personal assistance to a fellow competitor - during the race - whose mother was suffering from cancer. He gets my vote.
If we're going by indescretions, Armstrong does not get my vote because he had an affair and later divorced his wife after she stood by him through his cancer treatments. Plus I really don't care for those yellow 'Live Strong' bracelets everyone wears. I don't even get the point of those. But I thought you might enjoy this: Top Ten Reasons Lance Armstrong is Getting Cocky
I'm an avid BoSox fan because I'm also a Masshole (hands up who saw that coming?!) and I witnessed them not only win the world series, but come back from 3-0 in the ALCS. We've had a strong team for years, but this is the first time it's ever come together. But, if we're going to be grammatically correct, it isn't the Sportsmen of the year, or the Sportspeople of the year, it's SportsMAN. So, my vote goes to Phelps (and I can forgive the DUI thing, because Phelps is a 'kid', and he's having to take responsibility for his mistake. Armstrong is a grown man, and the only responsibility he took was a divorce).
Originally posted by Fred Johnson
I agree. Armstrong or Phelps should have gotten the nod. Not taking anything away from Phelps (or the BoSox - I'm an avid baseball fan and as a swimmer I lean towards Phelps) but Armstrong's feat is simply over the top. The Tour is unlike any other sporting event and his performance 6 years running and this year specifically was unmatched in sports. Plus he is a great advocate for cancer survivors and gave his personal assistance to a fellow competitor - during the race - whose mother was suffering from cancer. He gets my vote.
If we're going by indescretions, Armstrong does not get my vote because he had an affair and later divorced his wife after she stood by him through his cancer treatments. Plus I really don't care for those yellow 'Live Strong' bracelets everyone wears. I don't even get the point of those. But I thought you might enjoy this: Top Ten Reasons Lance Armstrong is Getting Cocky
I'm an avid BoSox fan because I'm also a Masshole (hands up who saw that coming?!) and I witnessed them not only win the world series, but come back from 3-0 in the ALCS. We've had a strong team for years, but this is the first time it's ever come together. But, if we're going to be grammatically correct, it isn't the Sportsmen of the year, or the Sportspeople of the year, it's SportsMAN. So, my vote goes to Phelps (and I can forgive the DUI thing, because Phelps is a 'kid', and he's having to take responsibility for his mistake. Armstrong is a grown man, and the only responsibility he took was a divorce).
