Fox Sports pundit Shannon Sharpe decided to shake things up on today’s edition of Undisputed by unveiling his new “Mount Rushmore of Athletes.”
During an early segment of today’s show, Sharpe and Skip Bayless debated the placement of golf star Tiger Woods on the all-time athletes list. Sharpe immediately started running down his list of the four greatest athletes of all-time.
At the top of the list he has Serena Williams due to her 23 grand slam titles – the most in the open era. He then placed 23-time Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps due to his utter dominance in swimming.
Taking third for Sharpe, much to the disagreement from Bayless, was LeBron James (who he dubbed “GOAT James”). Woods took the fourth and final spot on his list for his dominance in his era despite not having as many majors as Jack Nicklaus.
.@ShannonSharpe creates his all-time sports Mt. Rushmore:
1. Serena Williams
2. Michael Phelps
3. LeBron James
4. Tiger Woods pic.twitter.com/zuEB34W9yc— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) April 8, 2022
Naturally, any list like this is going to have a ton of disagreement. Skip Bayless also had Tiger Woods on his Mt. Rushmore, but had Tom Brady, Michael Jordan and the late-great Muhammad Ali replacing Serena, Phelps and LeBron.
On Twitter, tons of fans took to the comments to vehemently disagree with some of his picks. Many took special offense to the presence of LeBron in lieu of Jordan.
With so many elite athletes in literally dozens of sports, but only four spots on Mt. Rushmore, there are endless combinations.
Who is on your Mt. Rushmore? Do any of your picks match Shannon Sharpe’s?
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