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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 South Dakota's Sports Rushmore are below:

Billy Mills (Pine Ridge) - He won the 10,000M title in a then Olympic-record in 1964 and set a world record for six miles in 1965.

Sparky Anderson (Bridgewater) - The Hall of Famer won five pennants and three World Series titles.

Brock Lesnar (Webster) - The 2000 NCAA Wrestling Champion at Minnesota is now the current UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Adam Vinatieri (Yankton) - The four-time Super Bowl Champion is a two-time Pro Bowler after playing 13 seasons in NFL.

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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