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11:23 PM CDT on Friday, October 26, 2007

By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News
http://tinyurl.com/2gpk37
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The highest-paid football player in the world is
Cowboys guard Leonard Davis.

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WORLD'S 25 TOP-EARNING ATHLETES

According to Forbes magazine (M=million):

Rk. Athlete Country Sport Earnings

1.Tiger Woods United States Golf $100M
2.Oscar De La Hoya United States Boxing $43.0M
3.Phil Mickelson United States Golf $42.2M
4.Kimi Raikkonen Finland Auto racing $40M
5.Michael Schumacher Germany Auto racing $36M

6.David Beckham England Soccer $33M
7.Kobe Bryant United States Basketball $32.9M
8.Shaquille O'Neal United States Basketball $31.9M
9T. Michael Jordan United States Basketball $31M
9T. Ronaldinho Brazil Soccer $31M

11. Valentino Rossi Italy Motorcycling $30M
12. Alex Rodriguez United States Baseball $29.2M
13. Roger Federer Switzerland Tennis $29M
14. Derek Jeter United States Baseball $28.3M
15. LeBron James United States Basketball $27.3M

16. Floyd Mayweather United States Boxing $26.5M
17. Yao Ming China Basketball $26.3M
18. Vijay Singh Fiji Golf $25.8M
19. Leonard Davis United States Football $25.4M
20. Arnold Palmer United States Golf $25.0M

21. Jeff Gordon United States Auto Racing $24.5M
22. Kevin Garnett United States Basketball $24.3
23. Reggie Bush United States Football $23.8M
24. Allen Iverson United States Basketball $23.3M
25. Maria Sharapova Russia Tennis $23M

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