Greatest Sports Badassery In One Photo

JerryM · « **on:** 5 Jun 2021, 03:27 am »

Post a picture that says more about sports 'badassery' than mere words can describe.

I'll start.

Nsm1979 · « **Reply #1 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 05:38 am »

Dieterle Tool · « **Reply #2 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 01:54 pm »

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"

jmolsberg · « **Reply #3 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 02:26 pm »

Lew Alcindor 1963, age 16. 7'2" 225

JCarney · « **Reply #4 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 02:29 pm »

Y.A. Tittle

Photon46 · « **Reply #5 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 02:36 pm »

fredgarvin · « **Reply #6 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 03:33 pm »

Marciano- The Undefeated

rollo · « **Reply #7 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 03:46 pm »

Quote from: JCarney on 5 Jun 2021, 02:29 pm

Y.A. Tittle

I was at that game as a Kid.

charles

GeneS · « **Reply #8 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 04:27 pm »

5 weeks after winning a 100 mile ultra trail race, Courtney Dauwalter won the Moab 240 ultra (238 miles, 29465 feet of elevation) in 57 hours 55 minutes. She beat the second place finisher by 10 hours and 20 miles. They didn’t wait to do the award ceremony.

Carl V · « **Reply #9 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 07:23 pm »

Photon46 · « **Reply #10 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 07:44 pm »

Eddy Plankaert, Guido van Calster, and Bernaud Hinault sprinting in Stage 12 of the '81 Tour de France. One the greatest cycling photos ever IMO.

GeneS · « **Reply #11 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 07:46 pm »

UFC Champion Nate Diaz

Ice10 · « **Reply #12 on:** 5 Jun 2021, 07:56 pm »

Good call on Nate Diaz! Don’t diss the Diaz bro’s ‘less you want to get a taste of the Stockton slap..lol

RDavidson · « **Reply #13 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 03:39 am »

Just one of many athletic badassery examples by Bruce Lee. This one is single armed, 2 finger, push ups. Enjoy!

lokie · « **Reply #14 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 01:40 pm »

lokie · « **Reply #15 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 01:42 pm »

nlitworld · « **Reply #16 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 03:12 pm »

Sam Hill - Champery World Cup downhill race in 2007. Steepest downhill mountain bike course ever raced and most people couldn't get down without several crashes let alone fast and smooth on a good run. Half way through the finals the weather turned from sunshine and dry dirt to an absolute downpour and pure slime mud. Once the rain started, there was no chance for racers to get down without crashing. Sam Hill absolutely smashed it coming down that course like it was just another Sunday afternoon practice ride. Off camera he did crash sliding out completely separating from his bike, ran back up the hill to grab his bike, and continued down to finish 3rd by 1.6 seconds. Hardly anyone in the bike racing world remembers it was Matti Lehikoinen that won the race, but everyone remembers Sam's run.

https://youtu.be/TmvDk8fcheI

RDavidson · « **Reply #17 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 03:23 pm »

This Vince Carter dunk (The Dunk of Death) during the 2000 Olympics over the 7' 2" opponent gets me every single time I see a video or pictures of it. Juuuuuust naaaaasty. Arguably the single most aggressive play in all of basketball history.

GeneS · « **Reply #18 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 03:26 pm »

Niki Lauda

Photon46 · « **Reply #19 on:** 6 Jun 2021, 03:38 pm »

Niki Lauda definitely deserves a spot in this series of photos.

No summary of sports Baddasses would be complete without a nod to Aleksandr Karelin, the greatest Greco Roman heavyweight of all time: