i just read Sports Illustrated's Best Athletes By Number list... some of these picks are fucking retarded. i cant imagine any serious sports fan could read their list and NOT wonder what the fuck they were smoking when they made it. (see #7 for proof) so here is theres, and mine, side by side:
SI List :: My List
00 Jim Otto
0 Gilbert Arenas
1 Warren Moon :: Jacques Plante
2 Secretariat :: Derek Jeeter
3 Babe Ruth
4 Bobby Orr :: Lou Gehrig
5 Joe DiMaggio
6 Bill Russell :: Stan Musial
7 John Elway :: Mickey Mantle
8 Cal Ripken Jr :: Yogi Berra
9 Ted Williams :: Maurice "Rocket" Richard
10 Pele
11 Mark Messier
12 Tom Brady :: Terry Bradshaw
13 Wilt Chamberlain
14 Pete Rose :: Bob Cousy
15 Bart Starr
16 Joe Montana
17 John Havlicek :: Dizzy Dean
18 Peyton Manning :: Charlie Joiner
19 Johnny Unitas
20 Barry Sanders :: Mike Schmidt
21 Roberto Clemente
22 Emmitt Smith
23 Michael Jordan :: Pete Maravich
24 Willie Mays
25 Barry Bonds :: Mark McGwire
26 Rod Woodson
27 Juan Marichal
28 Marshall Faulk
29 Satchel Paige
30 Nolan Ryan
31 Greg Maddux
32 Magic Johnson :: Jim Brown
33 Kareem Abdul Jabbar :: Larry Bird
34 Walter Peyton :: Rollie Fingers
35 Phil Niekro
36 Robin Roberts :: Gaylord Perry
37 Doak Walker
38 Curt Schilling
39 Roy Campanella
40 Gale Sayers
41 Tom Seaver
42 Jackie Robinson
43 Richard Petty :: Dennis Eckersley
44 Hank Aaron
45 Pedro Martinez
46 Lee Smith
47 Mel Blount
48 Jimmie Johnson :: Sam McDowell
49 Ron Guidry
50 David Robinson
51 Dick Butkus
52 Ray Lewis :: Buck Williams
53 Don Drysdale
54 Randy White
55 Orel Hershiser
56 Lawrence Taylor
57 Dwight Stephenson :: Clay Matthews
58 Jack Lambert
59 Jack Ham
60 Otto Graham
61 Curly Culp
62 Jim Langer
63 Willie Lanier
64 Jerry Kramer
65 Elvin Bethea
66 Mario Lemieux
67 Reggie McKenzie
68 Jaromir Jagr
69 Tim Krumrie
70 Sam Huff
71 Alex Karras
72 Carlton Fisk
73 John Hannah
74 Merlin Olsen
75 Deacon Jones :: Mean Joe Greene
76 Lou Groza
77 Red Grange
78 Anthony Munoz
79 Harvey Martin
80 Jerry Rice
81 Tim Brown
82 Raymond Berry
83 Ted Hendricks
84 Shannon Sharpe
85 Jack Youngblood
86 Buck Buchanan
87 Dwight Clark
88 Alan Page :: Lynn Swann
89 Mike Ditka
90 Neil Smith
91 Sergei Fedorov
92 Reggie White
93 Doug Gilmour
94 Charles Haley
95 Richard Dent
96 Cortez Kennedy :: Pavel Bure
97 Simeon Rice
98 Tom Harmon
99 Wayne Gretzky :: Warren Sapp
