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06-16-2006 01:24 AM |
I should be asleep, but I'm not and I remembered this from a few days ago:
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Tiger Woods Becomes Nation's Favorite Sports Star as Michael Jordan Drops to Number Two for First Time in 13 Years
Thursday June 8, 5:19 pm ET
The Williams sisters top the list of favorite female sports stars
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time since 1993, an athlete has stepped up to claim the number one spot from Michael Jordan as the nation's favorite sports star: Tiger Woods. Venus Williams returns as the nation's favorite female sports star after a one-year absence, and sister Serena Williams is right behind her in the number two spot.
These are the results of a Harris Poll conducted online by Harris Interactive® among a nationwide sample of 2,085 U.S. adults between May 9 and 16, 2006.
Harris Interactive has asked this question of the public almost every year since 1993, and Michael Jordan has been the nation's favorite sports star on every previous occasion.
Other athletes who make it into this year's top-10 list of favorite sports stars (after Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan) are Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre (No. 3), New York Yankees star Derek Jeter (No. 4), race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 5), the Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal (No. 6), LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant (No. 7), Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James (No. 8), race car driver Jeff Gordon (No. 9) and San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds (= No. 9). Kobe Bryant returns to the list after dropping off last year and LeBron James, Jeff Gordon and Barry Bonds all appear on the list for the first time.
This top-10 contains an interesting mix of sports stars, with four basketball players, two race car drivers, two baseball players, one golfer and one football player. This is in contrast to last year, when there were five football players -- four of whom (Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Donovan McNabb and Ben Rothlisberger) have dropped out of the top-10 this year.
Regionally, in the East, Derek Jeter is number one, while Barry Bonds tops the list in the West. Brett Favre reigns the Midwest, while Michael Jordan is still the favorite of the South. There are also differences in favorites by generation. Both Echo Boomers (those ages 18 to 29) and Baby Boomers (those ages 42 to 60) still carry a torch for the retired Michael Jordan, while Shaquille O'Neal is number one with Gen Xers (those ages 30 to 41). Matures (those ages 61 and older) say Tiger Woods is their favorite. Considering all of these differences, notably men and women both agree that Tiger Woods is number one.
Favorite female sports stars
Though no female athlete broke into the top-10 this year, the American public has their favorites among them. The Williams sisters top the list with Venus in the number one position and sister Serena in the number two spot. Last year's favorite, Mia Hamm, has fallen to number three in this year's list of top-10 female sports stars.
Following the top three is teen golf sensation Michelle Wie (No. 4), race car driver Danica Patrick (No. 5), figure skater Michelle Kwan (No. 6), golfer Annika Sorenstam (No. 7), tennis player Maria Sharapova (No. 8), tennis player Anna Kournikova (No. 9), and figure skater Sasha Cohen (No. 10).
While men and women have no differences in their favorite overall sports star, there is one in the favorite female category. Men prefer Serena Williams, while Venus is number one among women.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060608/nyth149.html?.v=50
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