Sports | Tiger Woods Sport's Top 100 Power Players Athletes, commissioners and entrepreneurs all make BusinessWeek's list of the best people in the game By Sophie Goldstein Posted Oct 1, 2007 8:53 AM CDT Copied Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning drops back to make a pass in the first half of a pre-season NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Irving, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (Associated Press) In sports you're really only a winner or a loser, so BusinessWeek compiled a list of the 100 most powerful people in sports—whether they're on the field or behind a desk: Roger Goodell, commissioner, NFL Tiger Woods, golfer David Stern, commissioner, NBA George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN, ABC Sports; co-chairman, Disney Media Networks Bud Selig, commissioner, MLB Brian France, chairman, CEO NASCAR Dick Ebersol, chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Phil Knight, chairman, Nike Sean McManus, president, CBS News and Sports Rupert Murdoch, chairman, CEO, News Corp. Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. Supreme Court gives Trump big win on national injunctions. Report an error