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Denver Mount Rushmore of Sports: John Elway, Joe Sakic, Nikola Jokic, Todd Helton voted best of the best
The SN 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. Denver was a little late to the professional sports party. Its basketball team started in the ABA, not…