Runners-up: Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Wesley Sneijder
Forlan joins the previous 6 athletes of the month in the race for TBOR Athlete of the Year; back in '96, that winner was Michael Johnson (he also won AP Award)
January - Tommie Frazier (Brett Favre, Emmitt Smith, Larry Brown)
February - Michael Jordan (Magic Johnson, Terry Norris, Donovan Bailey)
March - Tony Delk (Tim Duncan, Mike Tyson, Allen Iverson)
April - Chris Osgood (Ken Hill, Hideo Nomo, Brady Anderson)
May - Jaromir Jagr (Barry Bonds, Dwight Gooden, Michael Jordan)
June - Michael Johnson (Oscar de la Hoya, Patrick Roy, Michael Jordan)
July - Carl Lewis (Steffi Graf, Amy Van Dyken, Kerri Strug)
August - Tiger Woods (Darryl Strawberry, John Smoltz, Rodney Peete)
September - Steffi Graf (Pete Sampras, Jake Plummer, Danny Wuerffel)
October - John Wetteland (Bernie Williams, Dennis Eckersley, Javier Lopez)
November - Evander Holyfield (John Vanbiesbrouck, Troy Davis, Brad Otton)
December - Brett Favre (Patrick Roy, Wayne Gretzky, Ron Dayne)
