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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 Arizona's Sports Rushmore are below:

Lute Olson (Arizona Wildcats) - While at Arizona he won 589 games, went to four Final Fours and won the 1997 National Title.

Pat Tillman (Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Cardinals) - The 1997 Pac-10 Defensive player of the year played four seasons with Arizona before joining the military and tragically dying in Afghanistan.

Luis Gonzalez (Arizona Diamondbacks) - His walk-off single in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series won the series for the Diamondbacks. He's the franchise leader in batting average, home runs and RBIs.

Jerry Colangelo (Arizona Diamondbacks/Phoenix Suns) - He's overseen the Suns since 1968 and brought baseball to Phoenix and won a World Series in 2001.

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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