Quotes of the Day
Monday, Jul. 02, 2007
From Pittsburgh to Dubai and Soccer to Sumo Wrestling, we've put the spotlight on an array of executives. See how TIME voters decided on who are the chiefs and chumps of sportsdom.
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Rank
Name
Category
Avg. Rating
Total Votes
1 R.C. Buford Basketball 71 563 2 Robert Kraft Football 71 603 3 Sir Alex Ferguson Soccer 70 630 4 Billy Beane Baseball 68 700 5 Daniel Rooney Football 68 702 6 Mark Cuban Basketball 68 705 7 Roger Goodell Football 68 736 8 Rick Hendrick Auto Racing 66 767 9 Theo Epstein Baseball 66 768 10 Arturo Arte Moreno Baseball 61 795 11 Peter Kenyon Soccer 60 687 12 Jeremy Foley College Sports 60 816 13 Brian France Auto Racing 58 837 14 Dana White Mixed Martial Arts 57 869 15 Steve Lipscomb Poker 55 950 16 Woldemeskel Kostre Running 54 981 17 Silvio Berlusconi Soccer 52 981 18 Philip Anshutz Soccer 51 1014 19 George Steinbrenner Baseball 50 1032 20 David Stern Basketball 50 1057 21 Ron Dennis Auto Racing 50 1061 22 Danny Jordaan Soccer 49 1070 23 Gene Smith College Sports 49 1114 24 Jerry Jones Football 48 1129 25 James Sutherland Cricket 48 1227 26 Irwin L. Jacobs Fishing 47 1228 27 Jean-Michel Aulas Soccer 43 1231 28 Sebastian Coe Olympics 43 1237 29 Sepp Blatter Soccer 43 1241 30 Jacques Rogge Olympics 42 1265 31 Ernesto Bertarelli Yacht Racing 42 1334 32 Hidekazu Ota Baseball 42 1431 33 Etienne de Villiers Tennis 41 1459 34 Shimon Mizrahi Basketball 40 1461 35 Carolyn Bivens Golf 40 1473 36 Toshimitsu Kitanoumi Sumo Wrestling 40 1530 37 Kia Joorabchian Soccer 40 1662 38 Sheik Mohammed Horse Racing 35 1728 39 Liu Peng Olympics 32 1831 40 Donna Orender Basketball 32 1864 41 Gene Upshaw Football 31 2020 42 Bud Selig Baseball 30 2069 43 Gary Bettman Hockey 27 2111 44 Teresa Earnhardt Auto Racing 27 2425 45 Don King Boxing 26 2434 46 Christian Prudhomme Cycling 26 2573 47 James Dolan Basketball 25 3063 48 Bill Bidwill Football 24 3122 49 Peter Angelos Baseball 24 3223 50 Isiah Thomas Basketball 23 8409 |
