Jimmie Johnson is up almost every day by 5:30 a.m., the easiest time of day to do his training. Yet as the most dominant driver of the decade closes in on his sixth NASCAR championship in eight years, his accomplishments fail to earn proper due. The latest slight came from retired NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb, who said on a Fox Sports 1 program that Johnson is ''absolutely not'' an athlete. ''What athletically is he doing?'' It triggered an immediate backlash on social media against McNabb, who ranked Johnson third on his personal list behind Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant.
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