Woods Wins AP Award
Tiger Woods won the A.P. Athlete of the Year Award for 2006. Yes, yet another award that Tiger really doesn’t need. There’s been quite a bit written that suggests Roger Federer should have won for his dominating performance in professional tennis. I’m a huge tennis fan as well and while Federer has had some outstanding years, he doesn’t transcend tennis the way Woods transcends golf. Even if you’re a casual golf fan, you know how Tiger Woods is, no matter what country. The same can’t be said about Roger Federer. Great tennis player, but really, who cares outside of tennis?
Sadly, I think the glory days of tennis are long past. It wasn’t that long ago when Sampras-Agassi were the darlings of the tennis world. And before that there was Lendl, McEnroe, Connors, Bjorg and the list goes on and on. But I digress. This is about golf, not tennis. And though it’s been a few weeks since the announcement, Woods should have won the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year instead of Dwayne Wade. Dwayne who? Yeah, I know, Wade is a good role model off the court for younger folks, but again, he doesn’t transcend basketball.
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