ESPN 100 for 2006

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:03 PM EST

Article Source: ESPN.com

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What were the top 100 sports stories of 2006? Better yet, what sports story mattered the most? Vince Young leading Texas past USC in the Rose Bowl? Zinedine Zidane head-butting France out of the World Cup final? We cringed at T.O.'s turmoil in Dallas, cheered the Bus' final ride with the Steelers, and fell off our chairs when Travis Pastrana landed a double backflip on a motorcycle at the X Games.

But what was the No. 1 story? ESPN The Magazine took on the challenge of finding out. The Mag's editors polled executives, editors and writers across the ESPN family, and the result is the ESPN 100, a list that ranks everyone and everything that mattered in sports in 2006. The entire list will be published in the Jan. 1 issue of The Magazine, available on newsstands Dec. 20.

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Michael Sautter

I set up a poll for the top stories: Poll: ESPN Top 10 .

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1 vote

#1 - Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:28 PM EST

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pseudonihilist

For me the top story was the Cardinals winning the World Series. But since only one of the nineteen "experts" picked the Cards even to survive the Divisional Playoff series, I guess they don't want to emphasize the Cards.

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2 votes

#2 - Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:30 PM EST

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MICHAEL SAUTTER

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