In the opinion of the Sporting News. I can't believe Chuck's man boobs didn't make the list

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"1. David Stern, commissioner, NBA 2. George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN and ABC Sports; co-chair Disney Media Networks 3. Paul Tagliabue, commissioner, NFL 4. Bud Selig, commissioner, Major League Baseball 5. Brian France, chairman and CEO, NASCAR 6. Gary Bettman, commissioner, NHL 7. Dick Ebersol, chairman, NBC Universal Sports and Olympics 8. Sean McManus, president, CBS News and CBS Sports 9. David Hill, chairman, FOX Sports; president and COO, DirecTV 10. Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO, Comcast 11. Ted Forstmann, chairman, IMG 12. Gene Upshaw, executive director, NFLPA 13. August Busch IV, president, and Tony Ponturo, V.P. of global media and sports marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. 14. Phil Knight, chairman, Nike, Inc. 15. John Skipper, executive V.P. of content, ESPN 16. Adam Silver, presumed-to-be deputy commissioner, NBA; currently president and COO, NBA Entertainment 17. Bill Daly, executive V.P. and chief legal officer, NHL 18. Roger Goodell, executive V.P. and COO, NFL 19. William Perez, president and CEO, Nike, Inc. 20. Ed Goren, president and executive producer, FOX Sports 21. Steve Bornstein, president and CEO, NFL Network; executive V.P. media, NFL 22. David Levy, president, Turner Sports; president, Turner Entertainment ad sales and marketing 23. Erich Stamminger, executive board member responsible for North America and global marketing, Adidas; CEO, Adidas America 24. Sens. John McCain and Jim Bunning and U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, congressional steroids enforcers 25. Jeff Shell, president, Comcast Programming 26. Jack Roush, owner and CEO, Roush Racing, NASCAR 27. Tiger Woods, golfer 28. Bob DuPuy, president and COO, Major League Baseball 29. Tim Finchem, commissioner, PGA 30. Mark Schweitzer, chief marketing officer, Sprint Nextel 31. Pat Bowlen, owner, Denver Broncos; chair of the NFL Broadcast Committee and member of other NFL committees 32. Colin Campbell, executive V.P. and director of hockey operations, NHL 33. Tony Petitti, executive V.P. and executive producer, CBS Sports 34. George Pyne, COO, NASCAR 35. Tim Brosnan, executive V.P. for business, MLB 36. Brendan Shanahan, foward, Detroit Red Wings; competition committee leader and rules summit organizer, NHL 37. Russ Granik, outgoing deputy commissioner and COO, NBA 38. Omar Minaya, general manager, New York Mets 39. George Steinbrenner, unhappy owner, New York Yankees 40. Jose Canseco, author 41. Arn Tellem, agent 42. Ken Schanzer, president, NBC Sports 43. Tony Vinciquerra, president and CEO, FOX Networks Group 44. Robert Kraft, owner, New England Patriots 45. Yao Ming, center, Houston Rockets 46. Jerry Jones, owner, Dallas Cowboys 47. Pat Riley, coach, president, Miami Heat 48. Brian Cashman, general manager, New York Yankees 49. Larry Lucchino, president, Boston Red Sox 50. Trevor Linden, president, NHLPA 51. Rob Manfred, drug deal negotiator, MLB 52. Sean Bratches, executive V.P. sales and marketing, ESPN 53. Charlie Weis, football coach, Notre Dame 54. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and big-time inspiration 55. John Galloway, V.P. of sports and media, Pepsi-Cola North America 56. Scott Boras, agent 57. Tom Fox, senior V.P. of sports marketing, Gatorade 58. Jim Delany, commissioner, Big Ten 59. Micky Arison, owner, Miami Heat; chairman of the board of governors, NBA 60. Ed Horne, president, NHL Enterprises 61. Ozzie Guillen, manager, Chicago White Sox 62. Bob Thompson, president, and Randy Freer, COO, FOX Sports Networks 63. Myles Brand, president, NCAA 64. Tom Brady, quarterback, New England Patriots 65. Lesa France Kennedy, president, International Speedway Corp. 66. Jeff Pash, executive V.P. and chief administrative officer-counsel, NFL 67. Norby Williamson, executive V.P., remote and studio production, ESPN 68. Jack Williams, president and CEO, Comcast SportsNet 69. Shaquille O'Neal, center, Miami Heat 70. Doug Perlman, senior V.P. of television and media ventures, NHL 71. Billy Hunter, executive director, NBPA 72. Tony Hawk, action sports entrepreneur 73. Jeff Gordon, NASCAR Nextel Cup driver 74. Tim Duncan, forward, San Antonio Spurs 75. Jerry Richardson, owner and founder, Carolina Panthers 76. Arte Moreno, owner, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 77. Bruton Smith, chairman and CEO, Speedway Motorsports Inc. 78. LeBron James, forward, Cleveland Cavaliers 79. Tracy Dolgin, president and CEO, YES Network 80. Sonny Vaccaro, director of grassroots basketball, Reebok 81. Matt Leinart, quarterback, University of Southern California 82. Archie Manning, sire extraordinaire 83. Stu Jackson, senior V.P., basketball operations, NBA 84. Joe Paterno, football coach, Penn State 85. Joel Litvin, executive V.P., legal and business affairs, NBA 86. Tom Condon, president, IMG Football 87. Rich McKay, president and G.M., Atlanta Falcons; co-chair, NFL competition committee 88. Larry Brown, coach, New York Knicks 89. Bob Bowman, president and CEO, MLB Advanced Media 90. Chuck Pagano, executive V.P., technology, ESPN 91. Jerry Colangelo, men's senior national team managing director, USA Basketball; chairman, Phoenix Suns 92. Al Michaels and John Madden, much-courted NFL announcers 93. Michelle Wie, golfer 94. Ted Saskin, executive director, NHLPA 95. Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach, Duke University; head coach, USA Basketball 96. Stephen A. Smith, outspoken star, ESPN 97. Roger Clemens, erstwhile hometown hero 98. Dave and Dana Pump, college hoops power brokers, Double Pump 99. Donna Orender, president, WNBA 100. Brian Bedol, CEO and co-founder, CSTV "

1/3/2006 1:56:05 PM

Bettman powerful? My ass.

1/3/2006 1:57:02 PM

101. Michael Vick - commands perpetual knob slobbing by all media outlets in the nation

1/3/2006 1:57:29 PM

#81?

1/3/2006 2:01:05 PM

Yao Ming has more power than Paterno?

1/3/2006 2:02:20 PM

divid stern????
over tagliabue AND selig?

crazy

1/3/2006 2:02:46 PM

charlie weiss has more power than lance armstrong???

wtf

weiss couldn't even win a bowl game

lance beat cancer and all sorts of drug tests

and jose canseco at #40 is an insult

1/3/2006 2:04:26 PM

Yea, Tagliabue is the fucking overlord of sports. He has sooo much pull its crazy. ESPN is a little bitch to Tagliabue, he should totally be #1

1/3/2006 2:04:38 PM

selig aint shit though...worst commissioner of the three real pro sports in the us

1/3/2006 2:06:55 PM

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"#81?"

For real - what kind of power does Leinart have that justifies his position on this list? I'm sure he'll be making $$ next year, but has no right to be on this list.

1/3/2006 2:07:01 PM

you seen how many people are swearing up and down that usc will whoop texas? theres leinharts power for you...plus i hear he's a powerful ballroom dancer and that he uses powerful shampoos on his manperm

1/3/2006 2:07:47 PM

they probably just did a google news search or something
and stern is still big balling after making the players wear suits


ooooh look at the power of the double breasted blazer on that injured reserve guy

1/3/2006 2:08:15 PM

I heard he and Uday invented Oxygen, and sold the patent for $452 billion

1/3/2006 2:08:36 PM

How can Leinart make it then and not Reggie Bush? Damn ESPN was re-naming NFL games after his ass.

I do love the #82 for Archie Manning

1/3/2006 2:10:40 PM

well you gotta put stern over selig after the steroids shit...at least stern can moderately control his own league from not having to testify to congress

1/3/2006 2:11:14 PM

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"53. Charlie Weis, football coach, Notre Dame "

at least they spelled his name correctly

1/3/2006 2:18:59 PM

Yeah Yao Ming is REALLY high on that list, but not really sure why?!?

1/3/2006 2:28:55 PM

Power over China, maybe?

Because his stock here has gone down since the initial novelty wore off.

1/3/2006 2:31:08 PM

yeah

ming def created a new, and huge, audience for basketball

i mean, think ichiro, but cube his impact, and then square that

1/3/2006 2:37:55 PM

so tiger woods is the most powerful athlete in sports then?

1/3/2006 2:52:38 PM

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"lance beat cancer and all sorts of drug tests"

HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAAH

1/3/2006 2:53:32 PM

I was surprised that Jerry Richardson is on the list.

1/3/2006 3:06:27 PM

no Michael Jordan?


dude's shoes were so popular that they branched off from Nike. if I told a group of high schoolers that either Michael Jordan or Stephen A Smith was coming to school to give a speech, and to vote for who they wanted, 95% of em would vote Jordan

1/3/2006 5:53:09 PM

^ 100% of them

1/3/2006 5:54:28 PM

#102. Chuck Amato - Has huge tits, and avoids Hatorade showers

1/3/2006 6:16:15 PM

terrible list, Krzyzewski at 95???

1/3/2006 6:38:13 PM

i thought steinbrenner would have been higher

1/3/2006 6:39:04 PM

the biggest ommision from this list is the rooney family which i believeshould be in the top ten

1/3/2006 7:07:04 PM

what is the criteria for making this list?

1/3/2006 7:14:09 PM

lance armstrong is a big fat phony

stretch armstrong is more powerful

1/3/2006 7:19:22 PM

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"so tiger woods is the most powerful athlete in sports then?"

he certainly earns the most in endorsements

1/3/2006 7:26:50 PM

How is David Stern above Paul Taglibue...no one gives a shit about the NBA.

1/3/2006 8:45:32 PM

how is bud selig even on the list? NOOOOOOOOObody gives a fuck about baseball

1/4/2006 10:44:57 AM

Stephen A. Smith has more power than any of the NCAA Conference Commissioners except one?

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1/4/2006 10:47:54 AM

btw

do we have a link for this?

1/4/2006 10:50:59 AM

Up top it said it was from the sporting news
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=49797

[Edited on January 4, 2006 at 10:56 AM. Reason : .]

1/4/2006 10:56:12 AM