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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 New York's Sports Rushmore are below:

Babe Ruth (New York Yankees) - Baseball's greatest slugger hit 714 home runs and was the charter member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (1936).

Joe Namath (New York Jets) - The Pro Football Hall of Famer led the Jets to upset of Colts in Super Bowl III.

Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) - The Hall of Famer broke MLB's color barrier, which began the process of integration in the sport, in 1947.

Jim Brown (Manhasset, Syracuse Orange) - The All-American in football and lacrosse, rushed for 12,000-plus yards in NFL career.

Other Mt. Rushmore of Sports conversations
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida
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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