Thursday, 26 December 2024
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We have other nominated athletes who transcended sports, but there is still only one Muhammad Ali.
Mark Spitz won five Gold Medals at the 1967 Pan-American Games, and he predicted that he would win six Golds at the 1968 Olympics. That didn't happen, as he left…
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Six NBA titles, six NBA Finals MVPs, and five MVPs. There are many fans and pundits who believe that Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time, and they…
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You cannot discuss speed skating in America without Bonnie Blair’s name coming up immediately. A four-time Olympian, Blair first qualified for the 1984 Olympics, finishing eighth, but she was a…
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After a brief time with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro Leagues, Hank Aaron would become the greatest player in Atlanta Braves history, which is no small feat considering the…
If there was a bad boy of tennis, then that man was John McEnroe. McEnroe became famous (or infamous) for his confrontations with umpires and anyone in a position of…
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The Associated Press named Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th Century, and with the myriad of sports that he excelled in, it should have…
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Chris Evert helped change the game of tennis with her work on the baseline, but she was far more than just innovative, as she was one of the most successful…
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How good an athlete was Jim Brown? When he was a star fullback at Syracuse, he also lettered in basketball, track, and lacrosse.
Mike Tyson's story is a complicated one, but one of the most potent careers in all of sports. One of the most intimidating figures in a sport that bred intimidators,…
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In 1935, Owens was enrolled at Ohio State set records in the 100 m dash and long jump, and there was no doubt that he was the top athlete in…
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Inducted in the charter classes for both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, Red Grange has been called by many the greatest college…
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After World War II, many within Major League Baseball knew that it was time to re-integrate (there had been black players in the Majors in the 1880s), and it was…
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Playing in four different decades, Nolan Ryan appeared to age, but his right arm kept throwing out batters, winning his last of eleven Strikeout Titles at 43.
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Babe Ruth was not the first star in Baseball, but he was the first man of the game who transcended the sport. "The Sultan of Swat" began his career as…
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"The Big O," Oscar Robertson was one of the greatest point guards in basketball, where he excelled at every level of the game.
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The Boston Celtics had a legacy of winning long before Larry Bird got there, but when you won as many the championships as they had, the bar is set pretty…
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One of the first players to excel as a quarterback, Sammy Baugh also played in the two-way era, where he was a good defensive back and punter. Saying that, it…
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Bill Russell is not always in the conversation when basketball fans talk about the greatest player ever, but there are many reasons why they should.
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The game of football was evolving, and the forward pass was not yet an integral part of most offenses. The Cleveland Browns of the upstart AAFC looked to integrate more…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won everywhere he went.
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As the passing game slowly grew in football, you had to know that elite receivers were only a matter of time. Don Hutson was the first and the prototype for…
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One of the purest hitters in Baseball, Ted Williams, was the template by which thousands of batters followed.
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Denton True “Cy” Young set an unbreakable standard of 511 wins, a record that will never be broken. Young, who played for Cleveland (AA), St. Louis (NL), Boston (AL), Cleveland…
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"He can run, but he can't hide."Joe Louis said this about Billy Conn, one of the many who challenged him for the heavyweight title and failed.
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There is no greater star when it comes to the track & field discipline of hurdles than Edwin Moses. Period. Moses won the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 Montreal…
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson became the Los Angeles Lakers' face during their "showtime" years, which considering the number of other personalities, was no small accomplishment.
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Just how good was Ty Cobb? When the Baseball Hall of Fame named their first class in 1936, it was Cobb who received the most votes, defeating such luminaries as…
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