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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 Arkansas' Sports Rushmore are below:

Frank Broyles (Fayetteville) - The winningest coach in Razorbacks history, Broyles won the 1964 National Championship and spent 33 years as Arkansas' athletic director.

Scottie Pippen (Hamburg, Central Arkansas) - Named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, Pippen is a six-time NBA Champion and a seven-time NBA All-Star.

Brooks Robinson (Little Rock) - The Hall of Famer has 16 Gold Gloves to go with his 1964 AL MVP and 1970 World Series MVP.

John McDonnell (Arkansas Razorbacks) - McDonnell won 42 National Titles (19 indoor track, 12 outdoor track and 11 cross country) -- more than any coach in any single-gender program in the history of collegiate athletics.

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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