Comments on: 10 Sports Heroes You Won’t Find On Wheaties Boxes

By: Pretty Pitty

Pretty Pitty — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:42:36 +0000

Ditto BassMan! Why not add a famous dog fighter or a couple of cock fighters to the list. Calling it a “cultural” thing doesn’t make it right.

By: newri

newri — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:08:42 +0000

@Bubba: It was mentioned in the first sentence that he excelled both as a bowler and a batsman. Subsequently, for the benefit of us Americans, pitching and batting was used so we could understand what bowling and batsmen are. And really, not that difficult to understand once you actually play it.

By: Gouki

Gouki — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:43:00 +0000

Akebono also fought in MMA for K-1 I believe, and is pretty famous in Japan for his Tag Team in All Japan Pro Wrestling with Keiji Mutoh. Americans may know him from the sumo match he had against the Big Show at Wrestlemania.

By: JImmy

JImmy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Wow @ Keeth Smart

By: Gil

Gil — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:31:00 +0000

Americans are famous for misunderstanding different cultures. . . . . . but thats why we ROCK!!!!

By: GTT

GTT — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:13:00 +0000

@ BassMan: IÂ´m not personally a fan but I have had many arguments with fans and followers of the sport. Once you understand it, it actually does have a lot of history and art to it. Believe me, itÂ´s a cultural thing. You wouldnÂ´t understand it unless you grew up with it.

By: Bubba

Bubba — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:02:00 +0000

With respect to number 6:
You don’t “pitch” in cricket you “bowl”, they’re not called “batters” but “batsmen”.

Cricket – a noble sport that is inexorably difficult to understand.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:10:00 +0000

I am so glad you brought up Keeth Smart!! It is criminal that his achievements are so little known in the U.S. A great athlete and an inspiration.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:38:00 +0000

I’m in charge of trivia night at my brother’s bar. I will slip in a question about Americans in English soccer and see how many people know your John Harkes trick.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:33:00 +0000

Around the time this issue came out, I had to do a report on an obscure historical person for my world history class. After reading this article I chose John Barton King, which won me the “most obscure” award, at least in this small Virginia high school classroom.

Thanks!