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 WORLD CUP OF SPORTSPEOPLE: NORTH AMERICA | Group 2 |
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 6th August 2019, 12:27 PM
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 Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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 Welcome to the World Cup of Sportspeople! With the Women's Football World Cup This is the Voting stage for North America. We received 109 different nominations in all - taking away our auto-qualifier, Usain Bolt, this gives us two groups of 54 players. Here's how this stage is going to work. - You can vote for up to 25 sportspeople, but you must vote for at least 10. - You must rank your votes in order of preference, either by numbering or by the standard Buzzjack +25, +24 ... +1 (Or down to however many you vote for) - You must vote for sportspeople from at least three different sports - You must vote for at least one male and one female sportsperson. - Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind. - The four sportspeople with the most votes in each group will advance to the Final. The fifth-placed person with the most points across the groups will also advance, whilst the rest of the Top 10 will advance to the Intercontinental Playoffs. Everyone else will be booted out. Andre Agassi (USA - Tennis - 8 Grand Slam titles, 60 career titles) Curtly Ambrose (Antigua and Barbuda - Cricket - Topped ICC Player Rankings for much of his career, considered to be one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time) Joel Campbell (Costa Rica - Football - 80 caps for Costa Rica, reached Quarter-Finals of World Cup) Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica - Athletics - 3 Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds) Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico - Boxing - Won 107 of 115 fights, 86 by KO) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Guyana - Cricket - Captained West Indies cricket team, 8th highest Test run scorer of all time) Brandi Chastain (USA - Football - Won Women's World Cup twice, won two Olympic golds) Kim Collins (St Kitts & Nevis - Athletics - 2003 World Championship gold, 2002 Commonwealth gold) Andre De Grasse (Canada - Athletics - 2016 Olympic silver, won two Pan American golds) Allyson Felix (USA - Athletics - Six Olympic golds, 11 World Indoor Championship golds) Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas - Athletics - 2000 Olympic gold, won two World Championship golds) Ana Fidelia Quirot (Cuba - Athletics - 1996 Olympic silver, won two World Championship golds and 8 American games golds) George Foreman (USA - Boxing - Won 76 of 81 fights, 68 by KO, 1968 Olympic gold) AJ Foyt (USA - Motor Racing - Won 12 major driving championships, won IndyCar a record seven times, a record 138 USAC wins, only driver to win Le Mans/Indianapolis in the same year) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica - Athletics - Two Olympic golds, seven World Championship golds) Joe Frazier (USA - Won 32 of 37 fights, 27 by KO, 1964 Olympic gold) Jeff Gordon (USA - Motor Racing - 93 NASCAR cup wins, won series 4 times) Maurice Greene (USA - Athletics - Two Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds) Gordon Greenidge (Barbados - Cricket - Scored 7,558 runs in 108 Test matches) Wayne Gretsky (Canada - Ice Hockey - Leading scorer in NHL history, only player to total over 200 points in one season) Javier Hernandez (Mexico - Football - mexico's all-time leading goalscorer, won Premier League with Manchester United) Michael Holding (Jamaica - Cricket - Broke the record for best bowling figures in a match by a West Indies bowler) Billie Jean King (USA - Won 12 Grand Slam titles, 129 career titles) Allen Johnson (USA - Athletics - 1996 Olympic gold, won 4 World Championship medals) Florence Griffith Joiner (USA - Athletics - Three Olympic golds, 1987 World Championship gold) Brian Lara (Trinidad and Tobago - Cricket - Holds record for highest individual score in first-class cricket, shares Test record of highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match) Ivan Lendl (USA - Tennis - 8 Grand Slam titles, 94 career titles) Carl Lewis (USA - Athletics - 9 Olympic golds, 8 World Championship golds) Sonny Liston (USA - Boxing - Won 50 of 54 fights) Clive Lloyd (Guyana - Cricket - Captained West Indies between 1974 and 1985, had a run of 27 undefeated matches as captain) Dan Marino (USA - American Football - Won 1984 NFL MVP, regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks) Malcolm Marshall (Barbados - Cricket - Best Test Bowling Average of anyone who has taken more than 200 wickets) John McEnroe (USA - Tennis - Won 7 Grand Slam titles, 77 career titles) Joe Montana (USA - American Football - NFL MVP in 1989 and 1990, had the highest passer rating five times) Joe Namath (USA - American Football - Super Bowl III MVP, MVP twice) Jack Nicklaus (USA - Golf - Won 18 Major Championships, 73 PGA Tour wins) Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico - Football - Won CONACAF Gold Cup 3 times with Mexico, in four World Cup squads) Jesse Owens (USA - Athletics - Won four Golds at the 1936 Olympics) Arnold Palmer (USA - Golf - 7 major wins, 62 PGA tour wins) Dwight Phillips (USA - Athletics - 2004 Olympic gold, 4 World Championship golds) Mike Powell (USA - Athletics - Two Olympic silvers, two World Championship golds) Sugar Ray Robinson (USA - Boxing - Won 173 of 202 fights, 108 by KO) Andy Roddick (USA - Tennis - Won 2003 US Open, 32 career titles) Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica - Football - Reached quarter-finals of 2014 World Cup, scored 26 goals for Costa Rica) Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic - Athletics - Two Olympic golds, two World Championship golds) Mikaela Shiffrin (USA - Skiing - Two Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds) Mark Spitz (USA - Swimming - Nine Olympic golds, 5 Pan American golds) Elaine Thompson (Jamaica - Athletics - Two Olympic golds, 2015 World Championship golds) Jacques Villeneuve (Canada - Motor Racing - Won 1997 Championship, 11 Grand Prix wins) Gilles Villeneuve (Canada - Motor Racing - 6 Grand Prix wins, 13 podiums) Everton Weekes (Barbados - Cricket - Eighth highest batting average of all players) Venus Williams (USA - Tennis - Won 7 Grand Slam titles, 49 career titles) Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas - Athletics - 2004 Olympic gold, 2005 World Championship gold) Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago - Football - Set record for most goals by a non-European in the Premier League, won Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in 1999) The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 11th August. 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6th August 2019, 12:29 PM
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Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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Copy-paste list without descriptions:
Andre Agassi Curtly Ambrose Joel Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown Julio Cesar Chavez Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brandi Chastain Kim Collins Andre De Grasse Allyson Felix Debbie Ferguson Ana Fidelia Quirot George Foreman AJ Foyt Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Joe Frazier Jeff Gordon Maurice Greene Gordon Greenidge Wayne Gretsky Javier Hernandez Michael Holding Billie Jean King Allen Johnson Florence Griffith Joiner Brian Lara Ivan Lendl Carl Lewis Sonny Liston Clive Lloyd Dan Marino Malcolm Marshall John McEnroe Joe Montana Joe Namath Jack Nicklaus Guillermo Ochoa Jesse Owens Arnold Palmer Dwight Phillips Mike Powell Sugar Ray Robinson Andy Roddick Bryan Ruiz Felix Sanchez Mikaela Shiffrin Mark Spitz Elaine Thompson Jacques Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve Everton Weekes Venus Williams Tonique Williams-Darling Dwight Yorke |
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7th August 2019, 01:31 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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25pts - Brian Lara
24 - Jack Nicklaus 23 - Malcolm Marshall 22 - Carl Lewis 21 - Billie Jean King 20 - Everton Weekes 19 - Jesse Owens 18 - Curtly Ambrose 17 - Sugar Ray Robinson 16 - Clive Lloyd 15 - Ivan Lendl 14 - Michael Holding 13 - John McEnroe 12 - Sonny Liston 11 - Andre Agassi 10 - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 9 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul 8 - Allyson Felix 7 - Gordon Greenidge 6 - Wayne Gretsky 5 - Venus Williams 4 - George Foreman 3 - Mark Spitz 2 - Arnold Palmer 1 - Joe Frazier |
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7th August 2019, 06:02 PM
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QUOTE(PeteFromLeeds @ Aug 6 2019, 01:27 PM)  AJ Foyt (USA - Motor Racing - Won 7 NASCAR Cup races) I hate to be picky but that's a pretty harsh major achievement description. What about his 12 major championship titles which includes 7 Indycar titles with a record 63 wins including 5 Indy 500 wins, 2 IROC championships, 2 x International Race of Champions wins and victories at Le Mans 24 hours, Daytona 500 and 24hrs and the Sebring 12hrs? I know he's surprisingly little known over here but the man's a living legend and his record is far better than a handful of NASCAR wins. Again I don't mean to be picky but it's slightly misleading |
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7th August 2019, 06:20 PM
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Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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Updated it now, sorry about that. When I've got to write descriptions about 50+ people in a fairly short space of time then I generally go with the most prominent things on Wikipedia which means I can miss fairly important things, in his case the most prominent thing on his profile is the NASCAR wins, a few of the other things are there but they're in much smaller writing and when I've got a ton more to do I don't always have enough time to read it. Hope the new description is okay!
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7th August 2019, 06:53 PM
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Mansonette
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QUOTE(PeteFromLeeds @ Aug 7 2019, 07:20 PM) Updated it now, sorry about that. When I've got to write descriptions about 50+ people in a fairly short space of time then I generally go with the most prominent things on Wikipedia which means I can miss fairly important things, in his case the most prominent thing on his profile is the NASCAR wins, a few of the other things are there but they're in much smaller writing and when I've got a ton more to do I don't always have enough time to read it. Hope the new description is okay! Yeah of course. Like I said I didn't mean to criticise and I probably should have added that I'm really enjoying this idea, it's been excellent and you're doing a fantastic job and I appreciate it's a lot of hard work. |
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8th August 2019, 11:12 PM
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Mansonette
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25pts - Jesse Owens
24 - Carl Lewis 23 - AJ Foyt 22 - Gilles Villeneuve 21 - Mark Spitz 20 - Dan Marino 19 - Brian Lara 18 - Jeff Gordon 17 - Sonny Liston 16 - Joe Frazier 15 - George Foreman 14 - Jacques Villeneuve 13 - John McEnroe 12 - Curtly Ambrose 11 - Billie Jean King 10 - Florence Griffith Joiner 9 - Venus Williams 8 - Julio Cesar Chavez 7 - Wayne Gretsky 6 - Joe Namath 5 - Arnold Palmer 4 - Dwight Yorke 3 - Sugar Ray Robinson 2 - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 1 - Allen Johnson |
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9th August 2019, 07:46 PM
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Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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+25 Jesse Owens
+24 Javier Hernandez +23 AJ Foyt +22 Mikaela Shiffrin +21 Brian Lara +20 Billie Jean King +19 Dwight Yorke +18 Andre Agassi +17 Jeff Gordon +16 Curtly Ambrose +15 Allyson Felix +14 Julio Cesar Chavez +13 Guillermo Ochoa +12 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce +11 Jack Nicklaus +10 Veronica Campbell-Brown +9 Mark Spitz +8 Clive Lloyd +7 Ivan Lendl +6 Venus Williams +5 Carl Lewis +4 Wayne Gretsky +3 George Foreman +2 John McEnroe +1 Joel Campbell |
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10th August 2019, 05:57 PM
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25+ Jack Nicklaus
24+ AJ Foyt 23+ Mark Spitz 22+ Brian Lara 21+ Ivan Lendl 20+ Billie Jean King 19+ Carl Lewis 18+ Allyson Felix 17+ Curtly Ambrose 16+ George Foreman 15+ Jeff Gordon 14+ John McEnroe 13+ Jacques Villeneuve 12+ Joe Montana 11+ Andre Agassi 10+ Julio Cesar Chavez 9+ Dan Marino 8+ Venus Williams 7+ Dwight Yorke 6+ Allen Johnson 5+ Jesse Owens 4+ Gilles Villeneuve 3+ Sugar Ray Robinson 2+ Brandi Chastain 1+ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
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11th August 2019, 05:25 PM
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+25 Billie Jean King
+24 Mark Spitz +23 John McEnroe +22 Jesse Owens +21 Venus Williams +20 Carl Lewis +19 Andre Agassi +18 Joe Namath +17 Sugar Ray Robinson +16 Joe Frazier +15 Jack Nicklaus +14 Sonny Liston +13 Ivan Lendl +12 Brian Lara +11 Florence Griffith Joiner +10 George Foreman +9 Arnold Palmer +8 Andy Roddick +7 Jacques Villeneuve +6 Clive Lloyd +5 Wayne Gretsky |
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11th August 2019, 06:59 PM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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25- Brian Lara 24- Mark Spitz 23- Jack Nicklaus 22- John McEnroe 21- Joe Montana 20- Jesse Owens 19- Billie Jean King 18- Andre Agassi 17- Carl Lewis 16- Veronica Campbell-Brown 15- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 14- Elaine Thompson 13- Maurice Greene 12- Andy Roddick 11- AJ Foyt 10- Venus Williams 9- Gilles Villeneuve 8- Arnold Palmer 7- Allyson Felix 6- George Foreman 5- Mike Powell 4- Sugar Ray Robinson 3- Ivan Lendl 2- Joe Namath 1- Jacques Villeneuve |
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12th August 2019, 07:34 PM
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Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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RESULTS Finalists: Billie Jean King Carl Lewis Brian Lara Jesse Owens Mark Spitz Advance to Playoffs: Andre Agassi Curtly Ambrose AJ Foyt Jack Nicklaus John McEnroe Eliminated: (4th: 107pts) (10th: 63pts) 59 Ivan Lendl 59 Venus Williams 54 George Foreman 50 Jeff Gordon 48 Allyson Felix 44 Sugar Ray Robinson 43 Sonny Liston 40 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 35 Jacques Villeneuve 35 Gilles Villeneuve 33 Joe Frazier 33 Joe Montana 32 Julio Cesar Chavez 30 Dwight Yorke 30 Clive Lloyd 29 Dan Marino 26 Veronica Campbell-Brown 26 Joe Namath 24 Javier Hernandez 24 Arnold Palmer 23 Malcolm Marshall 22 Wayne Gretsky 22 Mikaela Shiffrin 21 Florence Griffith Joiner 20 Everton Weekes 20 Andy Roddick 14 Michael Holding 14 Elaine Thompson 13 Guillermo Ochoa 13 Maurice Greene 9 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 7 Gordon Greenidge 7 Allen Johnson 5 Mike Powell 2 Brandi Chastain 1 Joel Campbell So we have five people making it through this round as the fifth-placed person in this round had 104 points compared to 101 from the previous group (which may be a tad unfair looking at how stacked Group 1 is but we've still got the playoffs!) And we also have a non-American in Brian Lara making it through! |
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