Tiger Woods named Athlete of the Decade by AP, Lance Armstrong second

Source: James Raia-Examiner.com

Winning 64 golf tournaments was more impressive than winning the Tour de France six times for members of the Associated Press who have selected Tiger Woods as the Athlete of the Decade.Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by the sports editors of publication clients of AP, the global wire service.More than half of the ballots were returned after Woods Nov. 27 car accident, subsequent infidelity tales and his decision to take an indefinite absence from golf. Lance Armstrong, whose first of seven Tour de France titles occurred in 1999, finished second with 33 votes. Roger Federer, the tennis Grand Slam champion, finished third with 25 votes.

It's difficult to compare sports. There are detractors who often claim golf is not a sport. And there are sports fans who believe cycling is little more than a collection of pedaling drug abusers. But Woods dominated his chosen occupation to a larger degree than Armstrong dominated cycling.

But certainly it's a worthy discussion. What do National Cycling Examiner readers think? Woods or Armstrong? Or is someone else more worthy of the AP honor? Or is the honor meaningless?