The best you've ever seen...

Stripper: Amethyst at Lollipops in Daytona Beach, Fla. Either that, or the chick I bought my friend this past February. How he didn't get pinkeye I'll never know.

 

I've seen some of these people in person, but I have restricted it to athletes I have seen in my lifetime (last 40 years or so)...

Baseball: George Brett
Football: Offence: Jerry Rice; Defence: Lawrence Taylor/ Ronnie Lott
Basketball: Michael Jordan
Hockey: Wayne Gretzky
Boxing: Roberto Duran
Tennis: Martina Navratolova
College football: Herschel Walker

 

In person:

Baseball: Cal Ripken Jr.
Football: Edgerrin James
Basketball: Steve Nash
Hockey: Mario Lemieux/Wayne Gretzky
Boxing: N/A
Tennis: N/A
College football: Ricky Williams
College basketball: University of Kansas 2008 squad (vs. Boston College)
High school basketball: Ann Strother
High school football: LenDale White/Cedric Benson

 

In person:

Baseball: Barry Bonds
Football: Barry Sanders
Basketball: Charles Barkley
Hockey: Mario Lemieux
College football: LaVar Arrington
College basketball: Ray Allen
High school basketball: Ben McCauley (yeah, not too impressive)
High school football: Terrelle Pryor

 

Who's Terrelle Pryor?

 

These are the best I've seen in person, they're a little limited because of my age and where I've lived.

Baseball: George Brett
Football: Joe Montana
Basketball: Danny Manning (in college)
Track and Field: Maurice Greene
College football: Chris Long
College basketball: Danny Manning
High school basketball: Michael Beasley
High school football: Vidal Hazelton

 

Baseball: Bonds
Football: Whoever was really good on the Bucs when they played the Bears at Champaign's Memorial Stadium.
Basketball: The 1984 Lakers: Magic, Kareem, etc.
Hockey: Saw the Blues and Blackhawks once.
Boxing: Nobody in person, but I did see a local Sedalia boy get his face peppered with jabs all night.
Tennis: Nyet.
College football: Vince Young.
College basketball: Kendall Gill. He didn't turn out to be a great pro, but he made everything look so easy in college. Honorable mention, Anthony Peeler.
High school basketball: Nyet.
High school football: Some Class 2A Warsaw kid.

 

What in the heck's diversity?

 

Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

 

Good plan.

Baseball: Barry Bonds (as a Buc)
Football: offense - O.J., defense - Bruce Smith
Basketball: Bob McAdoo (first and last live NBA game)
Hockey: Wayne Gretzky, the night he passed Esposito's goal-scoring record
College football: Doug Flutie
College basketball: David West
High school basketball: Christian Laettner
High school football: Shane Conlan

 

I'm bending the rules a bit to include people I never saw play, but later met in person:

Baseball: Henry Louis Aaron
Football: Jerry Rice
Basketball: Michael Jordan
Hockey: Gordie Howe (in live action, Gretzky)
Boxing: Muhammad Ali
Tennis: Pete Sampras
College football: Archie Griffin
College basketball: Earvin Johnson/Larry Bird (in the same game)
High school basketball: Earvin Johnson
Junior high school basketball: Earvin Johnson
High school football: Randy Kinder (had a so-so career at ND, but was an absolute god in HS).

 

Baseball: Barry Bonds
Football: Peyton Manning
Basketball: Michael Jordan
Hockey: Ovechkin
Boxing: N/A
Tennis: Agassi
College football: Peter Warrick
College basektball: Chris Jackson (his mama named him Chris, I'm gonna call him Chris)
High school basketball: Dwight Howard or Maya Moore
High school football: Patrick Johnson