Athletes you CAN'T hate

• Midstate01

  

  I thought of this while watching Jeter take his first at bat in his last opening day in Yankee Stadium. So made me wonder what athletes I can't hate or maybe better said that I just can't root against(unless playing my team), that a lot of people don't like.
  
  For me:
  Derek Jeter
  Peyton Manning
  Lebron (though not completely true because for 1 year I definitely hated him, but I'm over that)
  Josh Hamilton (this may be more so just because I don't want to see him go back to old habits)
  Cristiano Ronaldo
  
  Other answers will probably be true for me too. Couldn't think of others.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Old school...but Archie Griffin. Just all-around great guy.
• Belly35

  

  Joe Don Looney
• Automatik

  

  Cristiano? Really?
  
  I respect his game, don't hate him....but I can see why some do.
  
  Messi would be one for soccer for me.
• thavoice

  I would have to go with Manning, even though I hated him in college.
  
  I used to hate Tebow in college as well....probably for the media hype and it got bad when he was in the NFL as well, and the guy is a shitty QB, but he seems to live the right way, and many praise and love many athletes who are bad people so he stands out as one of the good guys.
• vball10set

  Derek Jeter
  Mariano Rivera
  Jim Kelly
  Jack Nicklaus
  Archie Griffin
• Midstate01

  

  Automatik;1602082 wrote:Cristiano? Really?
  
  I respect his game, don't hate him....but I can see why some do.
  
  Messi would be one for soccer for me.

  I know a lot of people that hate him. But I just can't. He's a player I love to watch no matter what.
• Automatik

  

  I feel the same. He's an asshole, but he's one of the players that I will go out of my way to watch.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Maria Sharapova
  
  
• GoChiefs

  

  Kevin Durant
• Mohican00

  

  Midstate01;1602073 wrote:Cristiano Ronaldo

  You must not be Jewish
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Sean Casey
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Brandon Phillips
• ernest_t_bass

  

  GoChiefs;1602090 wrote:Kevin Durant

  This
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Tiger Woods
  Lebron James
  Johnny Manziel
  Ben Roethlesberger
  Tom Brady
  Barry Bonds
  Joakim Noah
• Mohican00

  

  ernest_t_bass;1602099 wrote:Tiger Woods
  Lebron James
  Johnny Manziel
  Ben Roethlesberger
  Tom Brady
  Barry Bonds
  Joakim Noah

  0/10
• TedSheckler

  

  Hacksaw Jim Dugan
• thavoice

  TedSheckler;1602103 wrote:Hacksaw Jim Dugan

  I hated that WHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
• reclegend22

  

  Greivis Vasquez.
  
  As much as most Duke fans -- and many college fans in general -- hated the guy, I just never could. He just seemed real and played as hard and with as much passion as any player I've ever seen. One of the best, if not the best ever at Maryland under Gary Williams.
• friendfromlowry

  I hate the Yankees but Mariano Rivera seemed like a great guy.
• 4cards

  

  1. Archie Griffen
  2. Arnold Palmer
  3. Wayne Gretzky
• salto

  

  GOAT =
  
  
  
• dlazz

  Shaq
  Kevin Durant
• Midstate01

  

  friendfromlowry;1602114 wrote:I hate the Yankees but Mariano Rivera seemed like a great guy.

  That's a good one. Mo for sure would be on my list.
• dlazz

  Tim Tebow
  Johnny Manziel
  JJ Redick