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jcmark611
12-22-2009, 06:54 PM
Good to see you can threaten an official with bodily harm and be the best woman in all of sports.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2009-12-22-itf-world-champions_N.htm?csp=34
coldfingaz
12-22-2009, 07:16 PM
Amazing.

Was nobody else worthy? I didn't think she had that great of a year. Not to mention just getting slapped with an $85K fine from the WTA with the threat of much more severe penalties if she ever behaves like that again.

Not a great year for role models!
fredgarvin
12-22-2009, 07:20 PM
Well hey, Tiger was named too. Hmmm.
twinrider1
12-22-2009, 08:07 PM
She beat a horse. Slow year for female athletes.
puckhead
12-22-2009, 11:42 PM
She beat a horse. Slow year for female athletes.

yeah, that was a bit odd. :horse
Guitar Heel
12-22-2009, 11:48 PM
Not thrilled with this choice. No love for Danica?
TBoneDeluxe
12-23-2009, 04:47 AM
Not thrilled with this choice. No love for Danica?

Did Danica win anything this year?
rob2001
12-23-2009, 04:51 AM
Who should have won?
Wesman61
12-23-2009, 05:01 AM
Not thrilled with this choice. No love for Danica?Is Danica an Athlete?
DamianP
12-23-2009, 05:06 AM
Who should have won?

Jessica Ennis.

Damian
rob2001
12-23-2009, 05:17 AM
Jessica Ennis.

Damian


Ummm....who is that? I'll have to do a google search.
semi-hollowbody
12-23-2009, 10:16 AM
Serena Williams is a female...whoda thunk it
MudPies
12-23-2009, 10:31 AM
Next thing you know Tiger Woods will be named Husband of the Decade.
fredgarvin
12-23-2009, 10:47 AM
It is ironic that they voted Tiger as Male athlete and now Serena, only because they both had tarnished their images this year. You can't say they aren't deserving except for the behaviors. It does seem a little cynical to vote them in. Probably just a coincident.
rob2001
12-23-2009, 11:02 AM
Well, heres another perspective....say you were the top selling real estate agent for your agency. Your numbers are better than anyone else in the region. Awards are to be voted on based on your performance.

Then you get caught in an affair, or you blow up at a customer or have a dispute of some sort or get an OWI....does that nullify what you accomplished?
stratovarius
12-23-2009, 11:09 AM
The AP knows how their bread gets buttered. :)
DopeyJake
12-23-2009, 11:14 AM
I guess it's like winning the Nobel Peace prize.
It's Time!
12-23-2009, 11:16 AM
WARNING: Foul language - It seems the AP likes their athletes to be misfits. Tiger should marry Serena :jo
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RickC
12-23-2009, 11:32 AM
Tiger should marry Serena :jo


Hmm... I smell a reality show

;)
It's Time!
12-23-2009, 11:37 AM
Hmm... I smell a reality show

;)

Yeah, I could see it all now :rolleyes:

Tiger gets caught cheating on Serena with Christina Aguilera by TMZ paparazzi and when Serena gets a hold of Tiger she beats his ass with a tennis racket.
re-animator
12-23-2009, 12:08 PM
anyone who hasn't threatened an official with bodily harm is not a real athlete.
derekd
12-23-2009, 12:10 PM
anyone who hasn't threatened an official with bodily harm is not a real athlete.


I wasn't sure which smilie to go with, so I will give you both.

:roll:roll


:facepalm
jmecale72
12-23-2009, 12:39 PM
Tiger should marry Serena


A tennis racket instead of a golf club? Hmmm....
MuseCafeChris
12-23-2009, 12:42 PM
No love for Danica?

I prefer to express my love for Danica when I'm alone in private.
nosacter
12-23-2009, 12:44 PM
The woman is magnificent. I could watch her all day long and I don't even like tennis. Look at her accomplshments in the past decade--the 11 singles and who knows how many doubles majors, the number of new viewers she brought to an otherwise fairly moribund sport, the way she moves and just flat-out wrecks a tennis ball. Her sex appeal. In this way alone, she deserves comparison to Tiger, who single-handedly woke up his otherwise moribund sport. And these people are misfits? I wanna be a misfit when I grow up.

The comments about her tantrum are--um--quaint, I guess. Surely not her best moment, and she seems to agree, but I don't remember anyone being much offended when Conners and Mac did it every week. If you want to talk about special treatment, maybe that's a good place to start. When she wasn't pitching a fit, she won two singles majors and three in doubles with her sister.

I thought I had heard she also got athlete of the decade, but maybe that's not decided yet. If not her, then who? Go get 'em girl.
Julia343
12-23-2009, 12:49 PM
I think Tamika Catchings should have won, but Athlete of the year isn't about ability. It's about money and who can make the most money for the corporate sponsors. Catchings came off a potentially career ending injury a year ago and came back strong to bring her team to the WNBA finals.

http://www.wnba.com/media/act_tamika_catchings.jpg
MudPies
12-23-2009, 12:59 PM
but I don't remember anyone being much offended when Conners and Mac did it every week.

I don't remember them threatening line judges with their lives either.
Baloney
12-23-2009, 01:28 PM
Maybe she owns a Dumble and they had to give it to her because the dumble made them??

I think Dale Jr or Kyle Busch should be female athlete of the year!
loudboy
12-23-2009, 01:45 PM
Hey - Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year...

At least Serena can play tennis.
nosacter
12-23-2009, 01:55 PM
I don't remember them threatening line judges with their lives either.

Well, they commented loudly and often about officials' alleged physical shortcomings, ancestry, and other enlightened topics, so I'm sure the rhetoric spilled over into the outright confrontational too. In none of the cases do I recall anyone sustaining life-threatening injuries. Still, I for one hope she doesn't do it again. Getting out of control is never very appealing.
MudPies
12-23-2009, 02:00 PM
so I'm sure the rhetoric spilled over into the outright confrontational too

But you're not positive. You're just assuming it would go there.
jcmark611
12-23-2009, 03:56 PM
A few things about Tiger vs. Serena. Tiger was not voted as Sportsman of the year, that went to NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson. Also, what Tiger did was not on the field and has nothing to do with how he performed as a golfer. Serena was on the court, 8 feet away from the judge with a racket in her hand threatening to shove a ball down her throat.

I think Serena winning sportswoman of the year really shows how far off the radar women's sports has become. UConn's women's basketball team went UNDEFEATED for the year! Kim Clijsters came out of retirement (and she beat Serena that match). Simona de Silvestro won 4 races in the Atlantic Championship this year. Most of this was off the mainstream radar though.

As for Connor and McEnroe, they never won Sportsman of the Year.
Jim Soloway
12-23-2009, 04:40 PM
I think Tamika Catchings should have won, but Athlete of the year isn't about ability. It's about money and who can make the most money for the corporate sponsors. Catchings came off a potentially career ending injury a year ago and came back strong to bring her team to the WNBA finals.

http://www.wnba.com/media/act_tamika_catchings.jpg

My thought was Diana Taurasi. After all, she was the regular season MVP, the playoff MVP and her team won the title. But then she had her own off-the-court problems this year so the folks here probably wouldn't approve of her either.
DamianP
12-23-2009, 04:49 PM
Ummm....who is that? I'll have to do a google search.


World heptahlon champion after recovering from a fractured ankle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ennis

http://www.jccm-uk.com/images/106.jpg


Damian.
Section10
12-23-2009, 05:03 PM
What is it with AP naming controversial ones?
I wonder what their take on Michael Vick is
hellbender
12-23-2009, 05:12 PM
She beat a horse. Slow year for female athletes.

That award and $5.00 will get you a cup of coffee....
charveldan
12-23-2009, 05:31 PM
That's funny, if i threaten to kill someone, i just get arrested.:facepalm
nosacter
12-23-2009, 07:53 PM
But you're not positive. You're just assuming it would go there.

Been a long time and I don't pay that much attention to the rhetoric spouted in temper tantrums. I think I threatened to kill a relative or two who pissed me off back before I grew up all wise and mature. Still haven't done it though. Or been arrested for saying it.

Connors has been arrested though (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456459,00.html) and he's in the International Hall of Fame. He's still a champion.

And she's still magnificent. Guess we all have our moments when we could have done better.
tennisplayer
12-23-2009, 08:38 PM
Been a long time and I don't pay that much attention to the rhetoric spouted in temper tantrums. I think I threatened to kill a relative or two who pissed me off back before I grew up all wise and mature. Still haven't done it though. Or been arrested for saying it.

Connors has been arrested though (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456459,00.html) and he's in the International Hall of Fame. He's still a champion.

And she's still magnificent. Guess we all have our moments when we could have done better.

Are you talikeng about Serena Williams the tennis player? Magnificent? One of the worst humans on the planet. Granted, she's a great tennis player...probably because she might be a man, but as a person...ugh.