Detroit Athlete of the Decade Tournament: Round One

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Detroit has become known as one of the best sports cities in the country, supporting four major franchises (three of which have been very successful recently). In the past decade, the city has brought home two Stanley Cups, and NBA Title, an out-of-nowhere AL Pennant, and, well, a lot of top-10 NFL Draft picks. My question is, who is the best Detroit athlete from this prosperous decade? ... [link]

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Published 8/18/2008 by Christy Hammond at Behind the Jersey
... , a Detroit sports blog, is running a poll to determine the best Detroit athlete of the past decade. Each of the four Detroit sports teams have two representatives and fans are encouraged to vote for their choice for each team. The four winners will then move on to determine the overall best Detroit athlete. I contributed to the Red Wings portion of the blog and you can read my spiel for Steve Yzerman here. Yzerman is currently ahead of Nicklas Lidstrom with 62% of the votes. ...

Is Lidstrom top Wing over the past 10 seasons?
Published 8/19/2008 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... That is the case I made over at Ace of Sports where they are conducting a tournament where fans will vote for the best athlete in Detroit over the past decade. Christy over at Behind the Jersey did a writeup for Steve Yzerman and Stevie Y holds a 61% to 39% lead. ...

Who is the “Detroit Athlete of the Decade?”
Published 8/19/2008 by Big Al at SideLion Report | A Blog For Detroit Lions Fans
... ,” has put together a “Detroit Athlete of the Decade” tournament, with round 1 beginning this week. I was asked to contribute to the Detroit Lions portion of the project, nominating who I think is the best Lions player of the last 10 years. ...

Lidstrom takes the lead and Delvecchio speaks
Published 8/20/2008 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... Thanks for going over to Ace of Sports and voting in the tournament they are hosting to determine the best athlete in Detroit over the last decade. When I posted yesterday Stevie Y [an absolute legend beyond any shadow of a doubt] was ahead 61% to 39%. I just checked and Lidstrom is now up 60% to 40%. The first round is open until sometime tomorrow so ...

Around The Way
Published 8/25/2008 by Natalie Sitto (noreply@blogger.com) at Need4Sheed.com
... Prince more than excited about getting his Gold. "I enjoyed it but I kept thinking I might have been part of one of the best Olympic basketball games for all time." Tayshaun Prince on being part of USA Basketball Via Slam Inside Hoops talks to Chauncey Billups. Pistonscast has the Isaiah Thomas vs. Chauncey Billups debate. Detroit Athlete of the decade tournament, my Pistons vote went to Ben Wallace in Round One, but Chauncey won out and went on to Round 2. Rip Hamilton endorses Rip it ...

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