Sports Illustrated composed a list together of some of the top paid athletes in the game using 2007’s calendar year. Here is the following numbers:
1. Tiger Woods: $127 Million
2. Phil Mickelson: $62.4 Million
3. LeBron James: $40.5 Million
4. Floyd Mayweather Jr.: $40.3 Million
5. Kobe Bryant: $35.5 Million
6. (Tie) Shaquille ‘O Neal: $35 Million
6. (Tie) Alex Rodriguez: $35 Million
8. Kevin Garnett: $31 Million
9. Peyton Manning: $30.5 Million
10. Derek Jeter: $30 Million
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Tiger Woods was hospitalized two days after becoming 2nd place at The Masters tournament. He was put in the hospital to undergo knee surgery. This is supposedly the second surgery on his same left knee in five years! It should take him about a month to recover. He held off the surgery until after the Masters, he responded with this quote:
“I made the decision to deal with the pain and schedule the surgery for after the Masters. The upside is that I have been through this process before and know how to handle it. I look forward to working through the rehabilitation process and getting back to action as quickly as I can.”
Tiger might miss out on the Players’ Championship, but he should return in time enough to prepare for the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines on June 12th.
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Forbes released their list of the top-earning African American stars. Oprah Winfrey tops the list, earning a whopping $260 million, Tiger Woods trails behind her at a distant $100 milion, and Jay-Z is right behind him with $83 million earned. The list also includes Beyonce (#9 at $27 million) and Kobe Bryant (#5 at $33 million). The list was determined off of earnings between June 2006 and June 2007. Check out the full list below!
#1 - Oprah: $260 million
#2 - Tiger Woods: $100 million
#3 - Jay-Z: $83 million
#4 - 50 Cent: $33 million
#5 - Kobe Bryant: $33 million
#6 - Shaquille O’Neal: $32 million
#7 - Michael Jordan: $31 million
#8 - Will Smith: $31 million
#9 - Beyonce: $27 million
#10 - Lebron James: $27 million
