Basketball, Hockey, Football, Baseball, all are sports which involve players playing against other players, the same goes Soccer (Futbol), Rugby, Cricket. To a point, even darts and billiards. Cycling is a person against the clock. The emphasis on why Armstrong is not as dominant is because he races against the clock in the same event every year on virtually the same course with relatively no change in anything.
Shaq has to compete head to head with other atheletes, and throughout his career he has proven his dominance in taking every team he has been on to the NBA Finals. This includes playing against countless NBA greats, Hakeem, Ewing, Mutumbo (back in the original finger waving days), and new guys like Yao. He has to play directly against these people, not get from point A to point B faster than them every year. Gretzkey would be a very fine choice if it was this was posted 10 years ago. And Jordan should win outright if this topic was made 10 years ago.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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