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Your A-List: Best Athlete with Austin Ties
The seven-time Tour de France winner has long held a place in the heart of Austinites thanks to his incredible athletic accomplishments and indomitable spirit. Beyond shattering records around the world and finishing victory laps draped in the beloved Texas flag, Armstrong achieved iconic status when he overcame testicular cancer that metastasized to his brain and lungs and returned to the top of his sport.
More than a cycling maestro, Armstrong, arguably the most aerobically fit athlete in all of sports, has championed the cause of cancer research in places as lofty as the White House and written books that have inspired countless cancer patients and their families.
Here in Austin, Armstrong has inspired hundreds of recreational cyclists to take their love for the sport to new levels. You can’t drive the streets of Austin or the farm roads of the surrounding Hill Country without seeing droves of spandex-clad folks riding to their hearts’ content.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation has raised countless millions of dollars and remains one of the few celebrity charities that truly feels as if it is at the core of its founder. But this is a contest about Best Athlete, not just most charitable, and it is hard to argue with a man who was named the Associated Press’ Male Athlete of the Year from 2002-2005.
(To see my personal pick for Best Athlete with Austin Ties, click here.)
Others receiving votes: Vince Young (25 percent), Earl Campbell (17 percent), Cat Osterman (4 percent), Major Applewhite (3 percent), Andy Roddick (3 percent), Drew Brees (3 percent), Ricky Williams (2 percent), Kevin Durant (1 percent), Colt McCoy (1 percent), T.J. Ford (<1 percent), Chris Mihm (<1 percent)
Write-ins: Ben Crenshaw, Desiree Ficker, Gilbert Tuhabonye, Roger Clemens
(Image by Deborah Cannon/AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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By Jayhawk
September 6, 2007 7:25 PM | Link to this
Todd Reesing killed in Kansas this weekend. Hes an up and coming QB… you should check him out.
By Drox
September 7, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this
First Katz’s, then County Line, now Lance Armstrong. Each time the people of Austin step up and pick out something more and more OVER-RATED. They should enact a new law requiring you people to wear a drool cup and a crash helmet while you vote as to ensure you don’t hurt yourselves.