- Popeye The Whaler ManHeavyweight champ Larry Holmes will be in deep water if David Bey can biff like his comic-book idolFranz Lidz | March 11, 1985
- The Discount DynastyGlobal icon? Champion for the ages? Consummate team player?CHRIS BALLARD | November 23, 2009
- Up to a Tall Challenge?Some say 14-year-old high schooler Alix Klineman could turn out to be the best U.S. volleyball player everBill Syken | December 13, 2004
Notable Firsts in SportsTy Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson | 1936
 Cobb, Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson and Johnson received at least three-quarters of the votes cast in the election of the Baseball Hall of Fame's first class. The benchmark of 75 percent remains the standard of admission today.
What Firsts in Sports would you add to the gallery? Send comments to siwriters@simail.com. Photographed by: (from top left) Charles Colon/TSN/Icon SMI, AP, Charles M. Conlon/TSN/Icon SMI, AP
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