Jocks : Readers Picks

Best Athlete
Carson Palmer, Bengals

Best Coach/Manager (Pro/College)
Marvin Lewis, Bengals

Best Coach/Manager (High School)
Steve Specht, St. Xavier football

Best Team (Pro)
Cincinnati Bengals

Best Team (Amateur)
UC men's basketball

Best Golf Course
The Vineyard
600 Nordyke Road, Anderson Twp., 513-474-3007

Best Health/Workout Club
Gold's Gym
Multiple locations

Best Place for Pickup Basketball
YMCA
Multiple locations

Best Place for Volleyball
The Sand Bar
4625 Kellogg Ave., East End, 513-533-3810

Best Soccer Facility
Town & Country
1018 Town Drive, Wilder, 859-442-5800

Best Softball Fields
Rumpke Park
10400 Hamilton-Cleves Hwy., Crosby Twp., 513-738-2646

Best Sports Coverage
WXIX (Channel 19)

Best Sports Bar
Willie's Cafe
Multiple locations

Best Tennis Courts
Lunken Airport Playfields, Mount Washington

  

TICKER: First-time winners: Carson Palmer, Steve Specht and The Sandbar.

Perennial winners: Channel 19 and Willie's Cafe (five years in a row); Town & Country (fourth time in five years); and UC men's basketball (fourth year in a row).

One streak broken: Sawyer Point had won Best Place for volleyball five years in a row.