*************************** Tiger Woods Woods has earned almost $900 million in prize money, Endorsements and appearance fees during his 13-year professional golf career and next year Is poised to become the first athlete Kobe Bryant Bryant secured his place among the NBA´s all-time greats When he won his fourth NBA title with the Los Angeles Michael Jordan MJ retired as a player for the third and presumably final Time six years ago, but he is still the most famous athlete in the United States. The Jordan Brand is Kimi Raikkonen Formula One´s highest-paid driver finished a disappointing third in the World Championship standings last year David Beckham Becks is far from the best player on the pitch, But he is still the most famous which is Why companies like Adidas, Giorgio Armani And Motorola pay him millions LeBron James | The NBA´s MVP led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the league´s Best record and had a playoff performance | Phil Mickelson Playing second fiddle to Tiger Woods has proven Very lucrative for the world´s second-ranked player. Manny Pacquiao Pac-Man hogged the boxing spotlight over the past year With victories in two blockbuster fights against Oscar De La Hoya in December and Ricky Hatton Valentino Rossi The Doctor won his eighth World Championship In 2008 after two straight years of falling short of the title. The biggest star in motorcycle racing Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt was chosen as Nascar´s most popular Driver for a sixth straight year in 2008 despite Winning only one race during the past Roger Federer Federer cemented his position as the greatest Tennis player ever when he won his 14th Grand Slam title and completed Shaquille O´Neal Shaq experienced a renaissance on the Court this year returning to the All-Star game Where he shared the MVP Award Oscar De La Hoya Boxing´s Golden Boy hung up his gloves after One last mega-fight in December against Manny Pacquiao that earned De Lewis Hamilton Hamilton is often compared to Tiger Woods for his breakout performance At an early age as a black athlete in a Alex Rodriguez A-Rod earns little off the field these days But makes the cut thanks to his historic 10-year, $275 million contract he signed with |
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