JoeBuddy 10 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 The only other NHLer is Zdeno Chara. But I suppose number 11 through all of the sports they surveyed is a pretty high honor. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extr...ghest.athletes/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheWestWing 71 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Um, this looks like just another filler piece - 'we have the internets so we must put stuff out there.' Kinda like Fox News. Woods toughest? C'mon the guy hits a golfball for a living (and what a living he makes thanks to all who watch based on advertising expenditures). I'm not saying it doesn't take skill to be the best at it, but not what I'd call tough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redwingsfan18 1 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 This list is just..umm..stupid. Seriously, if it's based on toughness, you shouldn't be allowed to put a Golfer at #1. In fact, as a hockey player, I've done my share of golfing and I do it because its the exact opposite of hockey - calming and slow. Also, toughness is in the eye of the beholder. People would call Tiger Woods tough because he played 4 times a week and walks all the time. I would say no and call someone like, oh, Stevie Y tough because he played on a bumb knee for most of his career and almost scored 700 goals. That's tough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maltbymaniac 13 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 tiger woods #1.....april fools :rotflmao: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DYags 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Tiger Woods is the toughest athlete... ahh no don't think so. The best, maybe. Toughest, no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reds4Life 51 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Tiger Freakin Woods is tough? lol what a joke list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeeRYCE 2 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Tiger Woods is determined and focused... I'm not sure that would fit the criteria of tough. Chara the toughest? Because he trains like a madman? Please... Plenty of hockey players train like madmen. Brind'Amour for example, hell, Gary Roberts. He should be on this list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeeRYCE 2 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 and LOL at Joey Chestnut making 25th... The hotdog eating guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 What makes him tough: Like prime beef or an intransigent in-law, he just gets tougher with age. The 46-year-old Red Wings defenseman still leads the NHL in sheer bloody-mindedness. In his nearly quarter century in the game, there is no contemporary defenseman -- not Raymond Bourque, Nicklas Lidstrom, anybody -- you would prefer defending your zone with a one-goal lead in the final minute. Um, no, actually anyone in their right mind would prefer to see Lidstrom defending their zone with a one goal lead in the final minute than Chelios. And thats no knock against Chelios, but to say anything else is pure stupidity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chelios4eva 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Um, no, actually anyone in their right mind would prefer to see Lidstrom defending their zone with a one goal lead in the final minute than Chelios. And thats no knock against Chelios, but to say anything else is pure stupidity. Yeah, even I would say that what they said about Chelios is stupid. I mean yeah, Chelios is my favorite player, but now I would not say I would want him in the final minute during a 1 goal game, maybe 10 years ago I would, but not now, same with the thing they said about how he still has the "blood mind" or something like that, thats completely wrong, sure if someone is in the crease he'll take em out, but he rareley gives a hard open ice check Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irishtemper14+25 11 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 stupid list Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_fan_in STL 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 I propose a round robin tourny of all these "tough guys" I think maybe Fedor and Silva should be 1 and 2. Tiger might finish behind the girl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auxlepli 17 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 AI on that list is a joke. This is a guy who doesn't even show up to practice. Practice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincanni 1 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Realistically Tiger Woods doesn't make a list of the top 1,000 toughest athletes in the world let alone make the number 1 spot, no golfer should. Maybe the most dominant athlete in his sport of all time, but not tough by any real definition of the word. This is the toughest man in the world of sports today... ...Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, there is no debating this. Good to see Chelios get so much recognition though above almost all NHLers though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timsummers 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 Um, this looks like just another filler piece - 'we have the internets so we must put stuff out there.' Kinda like Fox News. Woods toughest? C'mon the guy hits a golfball for a living (and what a living he makes thanks to all who watch based on advertising expenditures). I'm not saying it doesn't take skill to be the best at it, but not what I'd call tough. i think theyre saying that hes mentally tough, which he is. Actually, i cant think of anyone off hand that is more mentally tough than he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeeRYCE 2 Report post Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) Basing this off entirely mentally tough athletes, Steve Nash and Sidney Crosby can be included too. Edited April 5, 2008 by BeeRYCE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auxlepli 17 Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Basing this off entirely mentally tough athletes, Steve Nash and Sidney Crosby can be included too. Nash and Crosby .... all we need now is a Stills or a Young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earthhuman 8 Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Yeah, even I would say that what they said about Chelios is stupid. I mean yeah, Chelios is my favorite player, but now I would not say I would want him in the final minute during a 1 goal game, maybe 10 years ago I would, but not now, same with the thing they said about how he still has the "blood mind" or something like that, thats completely wrong, sure if someone is in the crease he'll take em out, but he rareley gives a hard open ice check All they had to say was, 46, playing with kids 20+ years younger, and has a positive +/- rating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinbin 3 Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Congrats to Chris! He is a hockey player's hockey player! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lomekian 201 Report post Posted April 7, 2008 And what, maybe 2 athlete's based outside the USA...typical small miinded Sports Illustrated bulls***...you want tough, how about rugby ....running off to get 20 stitches so they can run on again to get beat up more. (Not to mention Samoans, Maoris etc) How about Joe Calzaghi....world champion for over 10 years, everyone scared to fight him, and defended his title against Jim Lacey with a broken hand from before the fight. Or the german goalkeeper who had his neck broken in the cup final and didn't even notice..... Tiger Woods My arse! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Rule_1010 4 Report post Posted April 7, 2008 I just don't get how you compare a guy who hits golf balls for a living and calling him tough to a guy who gets hit with pucks in the face, gets stitches, and comes back for the next shift. I would like to know the reasoning behind their choices; however, it is SI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auxlepli 17 Report post Posted April 7, 2008 Have any of you seen the Sports Science show on Fox Sports Net. Man, that show is awesome. Anyway the other day they had on a rugby player and an American football player hit another rugby player and a hitting dummy repespectively. The show determined the American football player hit harder than the rugby player. However a rugby player hits more during a game than an American football player. So in the end it worked out to be about equal between the two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jeremy88 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 What a joke. SI just lost a lot of credibility IMO. Tiger Woods as #1? They'd rather have Chelios in their D-Zone than Lidstrom at the end of a game? Yeah, Cheli is good, but Lids is the best d-man in the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeeRYCE 2 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 Nash and Crosby .... all we need now is a Stills or a Young. Hahahaha... NICE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.Low 1,011 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 i think theyre saying that hes mentally tough, which he is. Actually, i cant think of anyone off hand that is more mentally tough than he is. I agree that they were talking "mentally tough", which he is, to a degree. I would say he is more mentally disciplined than anything, though, because his pressures are internal (psyche, etc), not external. Mentally tough would be keeping your head and wits about you, keeping good form, making good split second decisions, as people are flying at you at 25mph trying to take your head off or ram you into the boards. Thats mentally "tough". Like Norris Nick. Nothing "tuff" about golf. Difficult; yes, tuff; no. Haley Wickenhauieauieaeiaeser (sp?), Yeah, tuffer than Tiger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
