SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR??? by ST

Was listening to Dan Patrick today & the subject of Sports Person of the Year surfaced. Interesting topic. I scanned through the usual areas. Baseball? Forget it as no one really had that legendary performance. Hoops? Celtics did the team thing as did 08 National Champion Kansas. NHL. Sid Crosby took the Penguins to the NHL Finals but hockey is still transitioning back to a league based on skill & scoring but the numbers aren't there yet. NFL? No one is having that statistical explosion while winning. College Football? Hmmmm. I'd seriously take a look at perhaps that rare combo like we've seen with Tim Duncan & David Robinson. If Texas Tech plays for the National Championship after rolling through the best conference in football how about their duet of QB Graham Harrell and WR Michael Crabtree? The numbers are off the charts and they will have led that program to unprecedented heights. Gotta take a good hard look at Michael Phelps who re-wrote the swimming record books with his performance at the Summer Olympics. What about the U.S Ryder Cup team? Heavy underdog that finally ended the European stronghold on that international event. Certainly NASCAR's Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson warrants a look, but Carl Edwards had more wins, won more money and had more top 5 finishes. His accomplishment of tying Cale Yarborough with 3 consecutive driver's titles is outstanding, but this is a 2008 thing. Your thoughts?