Patrick among top female sports stars

For the second consecutive year, IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick is ranked among America's favorite female sports stars according to a national poll by Harris Interactive.

Patrick, driver of the No. 7 Motorola Honda-powered Dallara, is ranked second behind tennis star Serena Williams in this year's poll. She was ranked fifth in last year's poll. [Editor's Note: Everyone on the list below is a winner, but one has never won, and hence is a loser. Yet she ranks #2 in popularity. Given that what a sad state of affairs the American female sports scene has become.]

Harris Interactive Poll "Favorite Female Sports Star"
1. Serena Williams (Tennis)
2. Danica Patrick (IndyCar Series driver)
3. Venus Williams (Tennis)
4. Mia Hamm (Soccer)
5. Maria Sharapova (Tennis)
6. Annika Sorenstam (Golf)
7. Laila Ali (Boxing)
8. Michelle Wie (Golf)
9. Anna Kournikova (Tennis)
10. Michelle Kwan (Figure Skating)