Okay, in reality, it is impossible to unequivocally answer this question. This is sports, however, where (as I have written before) the difference between reality and fantasy becomes blurred. My fantasy would be the invention of a time machine, which is the only way we could seriously attempt to fairly and accurately answer this question. Even then, it would not be as simple as it might appear to be at first glance. In team sports, for instance, if your goal is to determine the best individual player in a sport, this still might Sports not be so clear, because there would still be other individuals competing on the court or field. Even if you were trying to determine something as specific as which of two centers in basketball was better, Bill Russell or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who never played against each other), for example, you still might not have a definitive answer. After all, Russell and Wilt Chamberlain played against each over one hundred times and this is still one of the most debated questions in sports history. (By the way, the answer to the question, "Who is better, Russell or Chamberlain?", is Jabbar, of course.)Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1004078