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Considered one of the greatest female athletes regardless of sport or nationality, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won medals in four different Olympic Games, placing her in rare company.
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Babe Ruth was the first superstar on the New York Yankees, but it did not take long before he was joined by another one, Lou Gehrig.
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There have been women who won Olympic Gold in Ladies’ figure skating before Peggy Fleming won in Grenoble in 1968, but with all due respect, Fleming's grace and unique style…
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An All-American at Tennessee, Reggie White’s pro career began in the USFL with the Memphis Showboats. He landed in Philadelphia when the USFL folded, and he quickly became the best…
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From Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was not the first Latin American star in Major League Baseball, but he was the first one who transcended the sport.
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The American League had Babe Ruth. The National League had Rogers Hornsby.
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In 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, a 55-year-old former men's champion in the "Battle of the Sexes," a televised event that put more eyeballs on the sport of…
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Jack Nicklaus is one of the most recognized and successful golfers ever, and depending on the metric, you can argue the best of all-time.
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While she was still at UCLA, Flo-Jo qualified for the 1980 Olympics Moscow in the 100 m, but she did not compete due to the U.S. boycott. At the 1984…
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A Chicago Bear for his entire professional playing career, Walter Payton would be the one to eclipse Jim Brown’s rushing record, and he for a time, he was the all-time…
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While Arnold Palmer was not the first superstar of golf, he was the first of the television era, making him the sport's top attraction.
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When you think of American auto racing, a few names automatically come to mind, but no name fits it better than Mario Andretti when you think of speed. It just…
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Arguably the top male tennis star of the 1970s, Jimmy Connors was ranked #1 for 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1978 and held that rank another 108 weeks on…
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In 1932, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson had one of the best Olympics of any American female, winning Gold in the 80 m hurdles and the javelin while also capturing Silver in…
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The 1970s were loaded with the most compelling heavyweights of boxing, and Joe Frazier was among them.
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Eric Heiden had already dominated speed skating in the three years leading up to the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, but what he accomplished at that event has never been duplicated.
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Two years after leading Notre Dame to a National Championship, Joe Montana would be drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, where he took over as their starting quarterback back late…
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The position of quarterback is always evolving, and the men who excelled in that position eighty years ago show little resemblance to those today. If a bridge from the early…
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Arthur Ashe was the first African-American male to be a star in the world of tennis, who faced many of the racial obstacles that Althea Gibson dealt with years before.…
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We say this with all due respect to every other football coach, but there is no other coach more synonymous with the game than Vince Lombardi.
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In the Big Four of North American sports leagues, there is only one true small market team. That is the Green Bay Packers, and without Curly Lambeau, they would have…
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After playing four years at Tennessee-Martin, Pat Summitt became a graduate student at Tennessee. The Lady Vols coach suddenly retired, and at age 22, Summitt stepped in to fulfill the…
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What would the Boston Celtics be without Red Auerbach? They might still have the same name, but they would not be the Boston Celtics.
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Paul Brown was an undersized player even by the standards of the 1920s, but through determination, he became a starting quarterback at the University of Miami of Ohio. Brown would…
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One of the most effortless statements to make in football coaching is that Eddie Robinson was the most successful ever in historically black colleges. You can (and we will) go…
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"Mr. Everything." "Papa Bear."Two nicknames. Both of which are perfect.
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A multi-sport athlete at Yale, Amos Alonzo Stagg became one of the most known coaches in the first half of the 20th century.
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Lou Holtz’s first head coaching job was in 1969 when he was hired at the College of William & Mary. He did well, bringing his squad to the Tangerine Bowl,…
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