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cem
02-12-2003, 05:19 PM
Michelle finish 8th in a Harris poll for the United States most popular athlete.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030212/nyw134_1.html

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Even though Michael Jordan has played his last NBA All Star game and is no longer one of the NBA's star performers, he is still, by a wide margin, the nation's favorite sports star. He is enormously popular both on and off the court. The next four places in our "top-ten" list of favorites are Tiger Woods (#2), Brett Favre (#3), Jerry Rice (#4) and Shaquille O'Neal (#5). Michael Jordan has topped this list every time since we first asked the question since 1993.
Other sports stars with a large popular following are Emmitt Smith (#6), Kobe Bryant (#7), Michelle Kwan (#8), Terry Bradshaw, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi and John Elway (all equal #9). The last time we asked this question was in 1999. Since then, only four sports stars have remained in the top-ten list: Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Brett Favre and Jerry Rice.
Luenatic
02-12-2003, 06:02 PM
Congratulations Michelle. It is such an honor to be mentioned side by side with Sports Greats such as Michael Jordon.

8-)
duane
02-12-2003, 06:09 PM
obviously, there werent many baseball fans among the 2201 surveyed!

congratulations michelle (the most decorated American figure skater) and serena (the Serena slam! and many more slams to follow!)
1QTPie
02-13-2003, 11:27 AM
2 of my favorite sportswomen made the top 10! Congrats to Michelle and Serena :P
speedy
02-13-2003, 01:33 PM
They didn't poll me or she would have been higher than number 8. :lol: So does this officially make her America's most popular female athlete? I can't think of anybody else that would fit that bill.
hiliairyh
02-13-2003, 04:49 PM
Originally posted by duane
congratulations michelle (the most decorated American figure skater) and serena (the Serena slam! and many more slams to follow!)

Duane, ITA. It is so nice to see Michelle and Serena at the top 10, I think they are friends. IIRC Serena mentioned that Michelle is one of her most favorite skaters.
IgglesII
02-13-2003, 06:35 PM
Originally posted by duane
obviously, there werent many baseball fans among the 2201 surveyed!



Baseball has alot of work to do to correct that situation.
Kabooke
02-13-2003, 10:09 PM
Originally posted by hiliairyh
Duane, ITA. It is so nice to see Michelle and Serena at the top 10, I think they are friends. IIRC Serena mentioned that Michelle is one of her most favorite skaters.

Michelle and Serena are friends.
IIRC, their was an article on Michelle and Michelle talked about calling Serena for advice that had something to do with the media. I forget what it was that Serena told her.