The Mt. Rushmore of Sports

[cosmo_kramer]

ESPN.com is discussing the mythical "Mt. Rushmore of Sports", and the four sports icons of all-time who would be enshrined there.

My picks are:

Babe Ruth
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
Tiger Woods

Who would you pick??

 

[denisincalif]

ESPN.com is discussing the mythical "Mt. Rushmore of Sports", and the four sports icons of all-time who would be enshrined there.

My picks are:

Babe Ruth
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
Tiger Woods

Who would you pick??

Very tough question. Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson for sure. And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After that it gets really hard. Tiger Woods is a great one, but so are Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. I don't know how to order them. I think Sandy Koufax deserves consideration. If you don't restrict it to athletes, I think a great announcer should be up there. Vin Scully is the one I am most familiar with, but I am sure there are others equally great that I don't know as well. And if you will let me include a non-human, I vote for Secretariat. Considering what they do to race horses, he was one incredible athlete.

Since you already voted for Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and Tiger Woods, let me vote for these:

1. Sandy Koufax
2. Arnold Palmer
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. (tie) Vin Scully and Secretariat

 

[KCK_Halo]

(tie) Vin Scully and Secretariat

Vinny would laugh his ass off if he saw that he was tied with a horse for his space in sports greatness!!! That is funnier than you can know.

 

[Vic_Mackey]

Joe Montana

Hank Aaron

Micheal Jordan

Tiger Woods

 

[SabresRule]

Where's Wayne Gretzky?

 

[riffjim4069]

Where's Wayne Gretzky?

That's what I wanna know..."Wayne Gretzky held or shared 61 NHL records upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, including 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 all-star records."

Oh, and toss in Pele for the soccer fans while you're at it.

 

[salsadancer7]

Wayne Gretzky
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Muhammed Ali
Babe Ruth
Jesse Owens
Tiger Woods

 

[dantheman77]

jim thrope, remember him? though it is tough to disagree with your thoughts


but dont forget me!!!!!

 

[TNGTony]

Pete Rose
Johnny Bench
Dave Concepción
Ken Griffey, Sr.



So... sue me.

See ya
Tony

 

[AntAltMike]

I'm inclined to exclude hockey players because it is a sport that less than ten percent of the population has ever played, and that even less than that would miss if it were gone. And I lived in New England in the Bobby Orr/Phil Esposito era.

Secretariat was number 30-something in ESPN's list of the greatest North American athletes of the 20th century, which is dubious, since horses are either ineligible for inclusion or are not, and if they are eligible, Secretariat was number 1.

 

[HD MM]

Wayne Gretzky
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Muhammed Ali
Babe Ruth
Jesse Owens
Tiger Woods

There's only 4 heads available on Mt. Rushmore chief.

 

[HD MM]

ESPN did something similar a few weeks ago, only asking for a Mt. Rushmore for each state. The players, coaches and sports figures to select from had to either be born in this state or have had a significant impact during their career in this state to be considered.

For instance, Ohio chose...

Jack Nicklaus
Jesse Owens
Paul Brown
Woody Hayes

(A few other standouts would be Jim Thorpe, Jim Brown, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Bob Feller, Cy Young, Oscar Robertson, Archie Griffin and LeBron James).

 

[Ramy]

Pete Rose
Johnny Bench
Dave Concepción
Ken Griffey, Sr.



So... sue me.

See ya
Tony

:up:up:up:up

 

[HD MM]

ESPN.com is discussing the mythical "Mt. Rushmore of Sports", and the four sports icons of all-time who would be enshrined there.

My picks are:

Babe Ruth
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
Tiger Woods

Who would you pick??

I'm as big of a Tiger fan as anyone else, but if it were to be decided today, you would have to put Jack up there instead of Tiger. After all, he still holds the Major Tourney Wins record over Tiger.

 

[riffjim4069]

I'm as big of a Tiger fan as anyone else, but if it were to be decided today, you would have to put Jack up there instead of Tiger. After all, he still holds the Major Tourney Wins record over Tiger.

I agree...

 

[mccoyrj]

Ruth, Ali or Robinson would get no arguments. What about Vince Lombardi or John Wooden?

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I'm as big of a Tiger fan as anyone else, but if it were to be decided today, you would have to put Jack up there instead of Tiger. After all, he still holds the Major Tourney Wins record over Tiger.

That's a good point. :up

I'm not that familiar with Jack's impact at the time as I am with the first three I mentioned....

 

[salsadancer7]

There's only 4 heads available on Mt. Rushmore chief.

THIS IS a fantasy wish list so to speak...right? Why do we need only 4 heads? Chief.....

 

[dfergie]

I'm inclined to exclude hockey players because it is a sport that less than ten percent of the population has ever played, and that even less than that would miss if it were gone. And I lived in New England in the Bobby Orr/Phil Esposito era.

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Bingo...

 

[cosmo_kramer]

THIS IS a fantasy wish list so to speak...right? Why do we need only 4 heads? Chief.....

Maybe because there are four people on the real Mt. Rushmore, and the quantity of four was posed in the original question...