{"id":29360,"date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-greatest-sportsman-of-our-time-bar-none\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T00:00:00","slug":"the-greatest-sportsman-of-our-time-bar-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-greatest-sportsman-of-our-time-bar-none\/","title":{"rendered":"The GREATEST sportsman of our time &#8212; bar none"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>After winning his eighth Wimbledon title &#8212; and 19<sup>th<\/sup> Grand Slam &#8212; Stephen Rowe says Roger Federer is now the best sportsman we have ever seen.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSurely now the greatest sportsman of our time, bar none,\u201d Rowey told FIVEAA breakfast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName one better. He\u2019s better than Muhammad Ali &#8212; yes he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rowey said there were a number of reasons why Federer was the best:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLongevity is number one, your record &#8212; and his has no peer &#8212; I think sportsmanship comes into it, I think universally loved comes into it, certainly money comes into it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bloke, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s one person in his entire career who has had a bad word to say about him. Honestly he is a legend. He is the greatest sportsman of our time, full stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he\u2019s a beautiful man &#8212; fair dinkum unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F10155043861624633%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/Caro-says-this-team-is-in-the-box-seat-to-pinch-Crows-star\"><strong>CARO SAYS THIS TEAM IS IN THE BOX SEAT TO PINCH CROWS STAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/Bicks-hasn-t-held-back-about-what-s-wrong-at-the-Adelaide-Crows\"><strong>MARK BICKLEY HASN\u2019T HELD BACK ABOUT WHAT\u2019S WRONG AT THE ADELAIDE CROWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning his eighth Wimbledon title &#8212; and 19th Grand Slam &#8212; Stephen Rowe says Roger Federer is now the best sportsman we have ever seen. \u201cSurely now the greatest sportsman of our time, bar none,\u201d Rowey told FIVEAA breakfast on Monday. \u201cName one better. 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