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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 North Dakota's Sports Rushmore are below:

Roger Maris (Fargo) - The two-time AL MVP broke Babe Ruth's single-season HR record in 1961.

Darin Erstad (Jamestown) - The multi-talented Erstad punted for Nebraska's 1994 National Championship team and then went on to play Major League Baseball where he became a two-time MLB All-Star and three-time Gold Glover.

Phil Jackson (Williston) - Jackson has won nine NBA titles as head coach and spent 12 seasons as a player in the NBA.

Lute Olson (Grand Forks) - The two-time National Coach of the Year won the 1997 National Championship at Arizona.

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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