Biggest sports star ever?

[Dario]

Diego Armando Maradona off course.

[CG031]

IMO

Kobe? over T.W. and MJ? No...

L.A. biased much?

[Bourbon and Coke]

Anyone other than Cassius Clay is a joke

[alcorn]

Ali
MJ
Tiger

[Comeback City]

Anyone other than Cassius Clay is a joke

Sorry but for all he's accomplished it came before I was born. So for my lifetime:

-Mike Jordan -Tiger Woods

[gobluemich]

I would have to think Yao Ming would have to be big just because all of the Chinese fans. And when you start putting in names from years back you lose a lot of possible people just because the worlds population has grown by almost 2 billion (increase of over 40%) in the last 20 years. The worlds population has almost doubled since Ali's & Pele's days.

[Jeepthrills]

Alltime: Jordan

Right Now: Tiger

Jordan changed sports and advertising. He took being a spokesman to an entirely different level. He is the reason Tiger makes the kind of money he does off the course.

[shermanM4A1]

Michael Jordan, definitely.

[Jeepthrills]

IMO

Being in LA I can see why you might think Kobe, but he is not even close. LeBron is a bigger star.

[Surefire]

Being in LA I can see why you might think Kobe, but he is not even close. LeBron is a bigger star.

Being in the US I can see why you might think LeBron, but he is not even close!

And it goes on...

[lumpuckeroo]

Ali

No one in these post is probably old enough to remember, not only was he arguably the greatest fighter ever, he took a political stance in the most turbulent period of social change not only in the US but across the world.

[benhd1]

must agree Ali is #1
Babe is #2
Tiger#3

[NYGlfr]

Greatest sports star ever? That's tough to say considering each individual sport varies from one to the next. I don't think a comparison could be made between Wayne Gretzky and Tiger Woods. Instead I think we should all ask ourselves, who is the greatest in their perspective sports? My picks are as follows:

Baseball: Ted Williams
Football: Jim Brown
Basketball: Michael Jordan
Hockey: Wayne Gretzky
Golf: Tiger Woods

[Jeepthrills]

Being in the US I can see why you might think LeBron, but he is not even close!

I simply said LeBron was a bigger star than Kobe. He is not in a class with Tiger, Jordan or even Babe Ruth or Ali.

[itzzzberny]

Greatest sports star ever? That's tough to say considering each individual sport varies from one to the next. I don't think a comparison could be made between Wayne Gretzky and Tiger Woods. Instead I think we should all ask ourselves, who is the greatest in their perspective sports? My picks are as follows:

Baseball: Jackie Robinson

Football: Jim Brown but also like Walter Payton but i'm with you on the rest

[Pro]

Usain Bolt, fastest man alive or Michael Phelps fastest swimmer alive...
alot of people watch the olympics

[majake]

If you have to pick only one it has to Ali.
People on every continent know who he is. Who else can you say that about?

[david17589]

Biggest in terms of money made probably Beckham, biggest in terms of skill I would say Pele.