I have seen Michael Jordan play back in April 1993 in Atlanta and while in Seattle back in August 1997 I went to a Mariners/ Orioles baseball game and got to see Ken Griffey Jr, Cal Ripken Jr. Randy Johnson, and Alex Rodriquez play. Those are the best athletes I have seen play in person.

Pro Golfer Paige Spirinac. Undoubtedly the best physique EVER in Pro Sports. She's only won 1 tourney, but who cares ?










These images just came out a couple days ago. Whew !

Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel.

If she ^^^^ is a golfer , why does she have three basketballs?

In person Bo Jackson

Bo of course, Deion Sanders is there and Jerry Satelite Rice at the Blue Gray game. Loved the name cause his QB was there also. Willie all world Totten and Jerry Satelite Rice cause he was out of this world. Lol love it!

CAM

Satellite was Willie Tottens nickname

You know what I would get them backwards. Rice glided on field. But still say Boomer Esiason was the baddest mofo passing I have ever seen.

in person - Emmitt Smith & Brett Favre & Kobe Bryant

Bo

Anyone that doesn't say Bo Jackson simply never saw him.

I never got to see Bo play in person. I’m sure he was every bit as good as advertised just was unfortunate on it.

I actually forgot about seeing Deion Sanders play when he was with the Braves. He would have to rank up there. Deion’s mouth and attitude cost him from being more celebrated as an all time great athlete.

Shifting gears a little - I can't say the best I have ever seen in person, but I know who the best that I ever personally played against.

Sydney Moncrief and Joe Kleine - both Arkansas Razorback basketball players that went on to have pretty successful NBA careers. I played them in a pickup game at Barnhill Arena at the University of Arkansas. Needless to say - my towering 5'10" self didn't stand much of a chance against either of them.

I was guarding Sydney and he two hand dunked on me (he was with the Milwaukee Bucks at the time) - the only thing I completely remember about the play was seeing his chins even with my eyes and thinking how can a guy that is 6'4" jump like that.

I also have a very clear recollection of having Joe Kleine (he was on the Razorback basketball team at the time) making me eat one of my shots inside the paint. I have no idea why I even shot the ball, but one thing is certain - my head fake didn't have much of an impact on his reaction to slap the ball back at me. I still remember him smiling at me as if to say, "You don't belong in the paint."

Roy Jones Jr. was a very impressive human in his prime.

Not a famous elite athlete but I used to work with a dude who was an incredible athlete. Fast, strong and flexible. The dude didn't play any sports but could be sitting on the floor and bend his torso over and throw himself to his feet with just pushing up with his arms. Never seen anything like it. Could jump up and grab something overhead with one arm and do one arm pullups. Should have been a rockclimber or something.

Hard to argue Bo, but a guy that I graduated a year before could touch a half of hand over the top of the square box above the rim. From a flat foot two handed jump. Just amazing explosiveness.

He was 5’10 at best.

To add, Cherokee HS up in Colbert County had some studs too. Goodloe, Mills and Malone. The latter was a lefty whitey as I recall. He dunked all over our ass as I recall.

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Had a guy i graduated w that was freakish - he went on to pitch for AU. He could punt it 60 yards throw it 89. I never seen him bat left handy - one day he stepped across the plate from righty to lefty - i was catching at started fussing at him for wasting time - he blasted the next 2 pitches over the light poles into an adjacent field - moon shot homers - i shut my pie hole. At the end of highschool i started teaching him to play golf - he was horrible - could not break 55. In 9 months - he was shooting under par and could hit his 7 iron 190-200 - all his clubs were super long - he drove lot of par 4s and he beat me more than i beat him
Athletic family - his brother held the longest field goal for decades in Alabama highschool amd he went on to play for the Bear

Couple add on's. Yes saw Bo's first game at Auburn but my dad was a track timer and I met Harvey Glance. Man could he fly. Sadly on the Auburn board they said he passed away last week. Throw in my former neighbor Mike. Not sure how you rate athletic talent but he pitched for the dodgers in the 70s. Hold Guinisses World Records hole in one on par 4s with like 15. Pool shark. He told me anything with a ball he is good at.

He grew up in Pensacola, and have met him. In his prime, he was awesome to watch.