US City with the highest quality sports stars (NFL, MLB,NBA, NHL

[ArcticKnight]

FWIW, I'm not a Boston fan or homer, but I did think it was cool that the Boston fans had got to see three of the best players ever: Larry Bird, Ted Williams, and Bobby Orr. With the emergence of Brady, I am wondering if any city can top this list.

Boston

MLB - Ted Williams
NBA - Larry Bird
NFL - Tom Brady
NHL - Bobby Orr

Detroit and Chicago are great, but not up to Boston IMO

Detroit
MLB - Ty Cobb
NBA - Isiah Thomas
NFL - Barry Sanders
NHL - Gordie Howe


Chicago
MLB - Ernie Banks
NBA - Michaeal Jordon
NFL - Walter Payton
NHL - Bobby Hull

Any other cities that can compete with these?. If you toss the NBA, and go with 3 stars, maybe Pittsburg? Of if you toss the NHL, and go with three stars, maybe some other cities? Thoughts?

[DonkeyKongSr]

My best attempt at Los Angeles...
MLB - Koufax
NBA - Wilt/Kareem/Magic/Kobe...pick one
NFL - Marcus Allen/Eric Dickerson?
NHL - Gretzky

[kidcolin]

NY:

MLB - Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio, Mantle, Mays, Robinson, and many others
NFL - LT
NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody
NBA - they're kinda weak, but Frazier, Monroe, Reed, Ewing are all HoFers. Plus Oakley.

NY is so overwhelming when it comes to baseball it's insane.

[kidcolin]

DKS,

You forgot Jerry West. And Shaq. And Kobe is last on the list.

[DonkeyKongSr]

Yeah, I figured I had too many names already and really, sorting out the 4 I listed and the 2 you did is tough. I believe LA has to win best overall NBA talent ever, with Boston not far behind.

[DonkeyKongSr]

For my friends up North in San Fran/San Jose/Oakland...

MLB - Bonds
NBA - Uhhh, Wilt for a couple seasons, otherwise Mullen? I dunno. EDIT: Ohhh, Rick Barry I think is the right answer.
NFL - Montana/Rice
NHL - Joe Thornton

[KUJustin]

Lawrence

NFL: John Riggins, Gale Sayers, Bobby Douglass, John Hadl
NBA: Wilt Chamberlain, Paul Pierce, Clyde Lovelette, JoJo White, Danny Manning, Kirk Hinrich, etc
MLB: Tom Gorzelanny
Track: Jim Ryun

I guess we lose. Probably better than KC's list though.

[kidcolin]

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Yeah, I figured I had too many names already and really, sorting out the 4 I listed and the 2 you did is tough. I believe LA has to win best overall NBA talent ever, with Boston not far behind.

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Probably Magic, Kareem, Shaq, Kobe, Wilt, West.. I dunno, the last 3 are hard. I'm looking at it from purely a Lakers standpoint, when Wilt wasn't quite WILT, but still great nonetheless.

Crazy thing I just noticed about Wilt. Played 14 seasons, only missed a significant portion of 1 of those, and averaged 46 mpg for his career. Insane.

[gusmahler]

If you leave out basketball, Pittsburgh is pretty impressive:

NHL: Lemiuex
NFL: Ham, Lambert, Greene, Swann, Bradshaw, Harris, Webster, Blount
MLB: Mazeroski, Stargell, Clemente, Wagner

[Jbrochu]

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NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody


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I guess you could say Messier.