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Here's a couple of quick top five lists. Again, no specific order, and they're just my opinion, so shut up already.


Top 5 Most Fun Athletes to Watch (In the last 20 years)

1- Brett Favre: Who didn't love watching him play? Even when the team was going downhill, he always managed to make something happen that made you go 'How the hell did he do that?'

2- Shaquille O'Neal: He's funny, always speaks his mind, and was one helluva great player when healthy. 'Nuff said.

3- Charles Barkley: The Round Mound of Rebound was one of my favorite players growing up. (I damn near cried watching the Bulls beat them in the finals in '93) Even now that he's just announcing, he's still hilarious, and will always tell you what he really thinks.

4- John Daly: Golf's baddest bad boy. He was great fun to watch whether he was drilling a 330 yard drive dead-center, or pulling a tin cup, and scoring a quintuple bogey, just to prove a point.

5- Andre Agassi: The guy always put everything he had into his game, and he left it all out on the court. I actually liked him more as his career was winding to a close, because he was still that guy who could just destroy someone from out of nowhere. And he did it all with a smile.

Honorable Mention: Dwyane Wade & Randy Johnson


Top 5 Most Polarizing Athletes (In the last 20 years)

1- Kobe Bryant: The rape charges made him the most hated player in the NBA, while still one of the most beloved. And buying his way out of it didn't help. God, I hate that douchebag.

2- Jeff Gordon: Nascar fans either loved him, or hated him. I was an Earnhardt guy, so I hated him. Still do.

3- Alex Rodriguez: 25 Million a year was reason enough for people to hate him. He's one of the best players in MLB history, but the combination of his salary, his repeated vanishing acts in October, and the recent steroid charges makes him easy to dislike.

4- Barry Bonds: Baseball's all-time home runs leader, he's such a dick to the media, and everyone around him, it's hard to like the guy at all. That being said, I don't really care if he did use steroids. Hell, apparently so did everyone else.

5- Roger Clemens: He was a baseball god for the majority of his career, though not always liked by his peers. Since the steroids allegations, and subsequent hearings, he's slid straight into turdsville. I still love the player, but the man kinda sucks.

Honorable Mention: TO, Bill Belicheck & Curt Schilling