The Seven Wonders of the Sports World Today

Yesterday, the local Los Angeles ESPN Radio guys got into a discussion about the "Seven Wonders of the World". Apparently, someone is compiling a new list of them, and it got the guys thinking: if there were a Seven Wonders of the Sports World today, who would they be?

Requirements: athlete must be currently active in his/her sport.

1. MICHAEL PHELPS - The most dominant swimmer in Olympic history. There really is no argument here.

2. USAIN BOLT - Did you see this guy run in Beijing? Unreal. The fastest man in the world, and it wasn't even close.

3. ROGER FEDERER - With his most recent Wimbeldon win, now has a career grand slam and has won more major championships than any tennis player in history....and he's nowhere close to being done.

4. TIGER WOODS - Do I even need to comment on this one? I didn't think so.

5. LEBRON JAMES - "The King" may not have a ring yet, but it's simply a matter of time. I give him the nod over Kobe Bryant because in my opinion, if you put Kobe with the Cavaliers, they wouldn't be as successful as Cleveland was this year, and if you put LeBron with the Lakers, they may have been the greatest NBA team ever.

6. ALBERT PUJOLS - As much as I dislike the guy for being a St. Louis Cardinal, I still respect him for what he's done, and what he'll continue to do for a long time. Only way he finds his way off this list is if his name appears on another list: players who test positive for performance enhancing drugs.

7. PEYTON MANNING - Many people would go with Tom Brady on this one, but Brady is coming off of an entire season lost due to injury, so the jury's still out on how he'll bounce back. Peyton Manning may be just past his prime, but he's still the most prepared, hardest-working quarterback in the NFL.

Anyone think somebody on this list should be removed in favor of another athlete? Let me know!