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Mount Rushmore Special: The Sporting News team discuss how they selected the four greatest sports stars who played in 13 eligible cities, as well as the unlucky few who missed out

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Carlan Gay hosts a special podcast from The Sporting News 7 team, as our top team of writers and editors - Bill Trocchi, Michael DeCourcy and Matthew Lutovsky - explain some of the more controversial decisions behind The Sporting News Mount Rushmore project.

The Rushmore project named four pro athletes from the 13 cities that have had at least four of the following five leagues represented for at least 20 years – NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, WNBA. While there were no hard-and-fast rules pertaining to the athletes selected, our panel of experts considered individual resumes, team success and legacy within the sports landscape of each city. Multiple players from the same franchise were allowed, and not every franchise needed to be represented. All sports fans have an opinion on this topic. This is ours.

We formed committees, settled on athletes, then contacted local experts/historians to get their takes on the iconic players who have defined a city's professional landscape. Each city has four essays on the athletes, in addition to Sporting News' amazing archive content written as far back as the 1920s to the modern day. We also sprinkled in highlights to celebrate the high points of these legends.

For more on the SN Rushmore project, go to www.sportingnews.com or @sportingnews.

Produced by Daft Doris.