Sports
- Hank Aaron (2002)
- Muhammad Ali (2005)
- Arthur Ashe (1993, posthumously)
- Earl Blaik (1986)
- Paul "Bear" Bryant (1983, posthumously)
- Roberto Clemente (2003, posthumously)
- Joe DiMaggio (1977)
- Billie Jean King (2009)
- Robert J. H. Kiphuth (1963)
- Stan Musial (2011)
- Jack Nicklaus (2005)
- Buck O'Neil (2006)
- Jesse Owens (1977)
- Arnold Palmer (2004)
- Richard Petty (1992)
- Frank Robinson (2005)
- Jackie Robinson (March 26, 1984, posthumously)
- Bill Russell (2011)
- Pat Summitt (2012)
- Ted Williams (1991)
- John Wooden (2003)
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)