Best Local Athlete
Kerri Strug
READERS' AND STAFF PICK: This one was really no contest--how can
you compete with someone who willfully injures herself for the
glory of team and country? Oh sure, Charles Barkley is playing
on those jellied knees, but he's getting millions of dollars for
it. Eighteen-year-old Kerri Strug was essentially playing
for free when she took a second run at the vault, and you can
be damn sure she knew it was going to hurt. And if you weren't
in tears when she collapsed in pain and weeping after raising
her arms to complete the event, well, buddy you're inhuman scum
and have no place in our great city. Now get out there and buy
every Wheaties box with her picture on it and anything else she
sees fit to endorse--she's earned it, man!
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: Sean Elliot
