Keith Brooking's career has never left Atlanta

Jeter is from North Jersey, can we count him?

Are Felton, May or any of the Tarheels who play for the bobcats locals?

Joe Mauer---born and raised in St. Paul, now an all-star for the Twins and the best all-around catcher in the game.

heyy nice i didnt know lebron was from there what thats cool i'm in the nba someday c ya there john madden or maybe nott

heyy what up i love lebron the wayy he drives the hoop and how he has that soft touch but tell him to work on his jump shot

joe mauer duh

What about Joe Mauer?????????
He's a hometown athelete and he's actually good, Marbury doesn't belong on that list.

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almost every player on te charlotte bobcats.

from da boy vince

I know he's not current, but Wilt Chamberlain was born and raised in west philly before spending most of his better than Michael Jordan career with the Sixers

you read right, he's better than MJ

No love for Joe Mauer?

Joe Mauer?

The Twins catcher is actually a still a good player...unlike some of the others on this list.

Lance Berkman is a great Houstonian, a Rice alumni, and a guy destined to be a lifelong Astro (hopefully). He's clean, does charity work for Boys and Girls Country, Methodist Hostpital, and more. Oh yeah, his swing is beautiful too.

Udonis Haslem

How did joe mauer not make this list. he's the heart and soul of his team, while marbury is the cancer of his.

what about Joe Mauer grew up in Saint Paul plays in Minneapolis

Joe mauer??

Doug Flutie - from Natick, MA, then attended Boston College, played for several NFL and CFL teams but retired from the New England Patriots.

Brian Rafalski, Detroit Red Wings

What??? How could Joe Mauer, a St. Paul native and batting champion, not make this list and Stephon Marbury does? Laughable.

I wouldn't leave Joe Mauer off a list like this.

He grew up in the Twin Cites, had a football sholarship to Florida State after being named the "National High School sQuarterback Of The Year" in 2000 by The National Quarterback Club. He was named to the all state basketball team in Minnesota his final two years of high school. Yet he turned down the scholarship to Florida State and didn't pursue Basketball to instead enter the MLB draft where he was selected #1 by his home town TWINS ahead of Mark Prior.

After only striking out once in his entire high school baseball career he has continued his great hitting at the MLB level leading the American League in batting average in 2006 with a .347 average. He was the youngest player to win a batting title since A-Rod and was the first-ever American League catcher to win the crown.

It's hard to imagine another player on this type of list who is loved more by the hometown fans than Mauer is.

Minnesota fans don't want Santana to go to New York. They hated to see Garnett go to Boston. Cried when Tori Hunter left to California. Were angry when the North Stars left for Dallas BUT....even Carl Pohlad doesn't want to find out what would happen to him, his family or his soon to be new stadium if he ever decides to not pay whatever it takes to keep Mauer in Minnesota!!

Eric Weinrich - grew up in Gardiner, Maine, played defense for the University of Maine at Orono, then returned to the Portland Pirates (AHL) as a coach after 18 years in the NHL. He is actually playing for the team now.

Chuck Batch!!! The Steelers more than capable backup QB is from the Burgh and gives sooooo much back to the place he calls home.

Il Capitano, Francesco Totti, borna nd bread in Rome, king of Roma!

Joe Mauer? Who is Joe Mauer?

I speak for everyone when I say you might want to re-read the headline:

"Top Five Current Hometown Athletes"

That's an exclusive list, and you can't just throw any poon on there. I'm just sayin'.

To add some international flavour to the list here are a few athletes from around the world.
Matt Bowen who plays for the North Queensland Cowboys rugby league team in Australia.
Paolo Maldini who has followed in his father's footsteps and has played his entire 23 year career for AC Milan.
Francesco Totti who has played for his hometown club Roma since he was a teenager and rejected moves to bigger clubs such as Real Madrid and Ac Milan.

Padres have a plethera of talent from SD from Mark Prior, Brian Giles, Heath Bell, AGonz, Oscar Robles (Tijuana), plus last year they had Wells who pitched a perfect game and Marcus Giles and the DR. Dave Roberts.

JOE MAUER, THE HECK WITH THE TWINS, WIN SOMETHING THEN CALL US, DIDN'T MLB TRY TO SHUT DOWN THE TWINS YEARS AGO, THEY SHOULD HAVE. IS MINNESOTA GOT A SPORT'S TEAM THAT HAS WON SOMEHTING THIS CENTURY. NO!!!

I get that this guy specializes in basketball but any list that talks about dominance and excludes Roger Federer is a list not worth looking over.

I'm pretty sure that the Twins won two world series in a 4 year span from 87 - 91 and not only those but they cleaned up their division 4 or 5 times since 2000, Joe Mauer is definately worthy of being included on this list, he did lead the league in hitting two seasons ago.

JOE MAUER, THE HECK WITH THE TWINS, WIN SOMETHING THEN CALL US, DIDN'T MLB TRY TO SHUT DOWN THE TWINS YEARS AGO, THEY SHOULD HAVE. IS MINNESOTA GOT A SPORT'S TEAM THAT HAS WON SOMEHTING THIS CENTURY. NO!!!
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Eloquently put. You’re a true wordsmith. English major, perhaps?

lang,

for your next piece why dont you do one for top athletes who wear headbands. that would give you another place to list lebron james.
after that, what about top 5 performances by a cleveland cavalier this season. put lebron as top 5 dominant but leave roger federer off? you have extinguished your credibility

Micheal Shumacher in F-1. Can anyone even think of a greater champion.

Roger Federer comes pretty close to him.

Derek Jeter?

What about Josh Smith for the Atlanta Hawks, or Jeff Francoeur for the Braves...both grew up as fans of those team and played HS ball in Atlanta and were drafted by those teams as well, both now All-Stars...

Derek Jeter is from Kalamazoo Michigan. Not New York.

Steven Gerrard: Liverpool FC. Turned down huge paydays from England's other big spenders to stay with his hometown club...and continues to be one of the finest in Europe.

Matt Birk.
Pat Neshek.

Oh yeah, Molitor, Winfield, Morris & Stienbach each had a few games with the Twins.

Thomas Tapeh..?

Herb Brooks, Bud Grant, McHale.

Better add Neal Broten as well.

Felton lived a couple of hours away from Charlotte in Latta, SC and May is from Indiana