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Thursday, January 15, 2009

ESPN reviewed the submissions and discussions on your state/region's conversation page. The four figures on Nebraska's Sports Rushmore are below:

Tom Osborne (Hastings, Nebraska Cornhuskers) - The three-time National Championship winner also won 13 conference titles and made 25 bowl appearances. He also represented Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bob Gibson (Omaha, Creighton) - The two-time Cy Young winner won the 1968 NL MVP and two World Series titles in 17 seasons with the Cardinals. He was also a high school basketball star who played with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Tommie Frazier (Nebraska Cornhuskers) - The quarterback of the 1994 and 1995 National Champion Huskers, Frazier was also MVP of the '95 Orange and '96 Fiesta Bowls.

Gale Sayers - The electrifying Sayers starred for the Chicago Bears in the NFL and graduated from Omaha Central High School.

Other Mt. Rushmore of Sports conversations
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Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland
Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada
New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio
Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota
Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Washington, D.C. | West Virginia
Wisconsin | Wyoming

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