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 An exec is going to prison for 'sheer stupidity' with a drone. FAA tells airlines this passenger behavior is a problem. This Hollywood love story is no more. 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' writer dies in tragic crash at age 57. Report an error