I think I have to agree with you on that one about Navratilova. She's probably had a more well rounded career than Graf and her impact on tennis overall is far greater. Plus, she was engaged in some great rivalries, although most of them, ie. with Chris Evert, took place before my time.

So one thing I realized today is I have to envy sports fans of yesteryear. Imagine growing up in the 60s or 50s, when your heroes would have been Dimaggio, Mantle, Johnny Unitas or Bart Starr. Even now, years after the fact, these guys are regarded as not just great athletes, but solid people who played on teams that played with pride, honour and respect for their opponents.

Now, instead, we're stuck in the era of the overpaid, steroid enhanced, hollywood preening prima donna. On that note, let me go on a rant. If you were a Yankees fan 50 years ago, you'd be cheering on Mantle and Dimaggio and a host of others. Today, you're just trying to block out the noise Gary Sheffield is making about who the real leader of the team is, or trying to determine if Giambi is back on the juice, or if Arod is really worth 26 million this year? The sick part is that there are a lot of fans out there who still insist on pretending that the Yankees of today are somehow a descendent of the Yankees of yesteryear. Yes, I am pointing my finger at you, Mike Lupica of the NY Daily News. I am sick and tired of your Yankee loving ways. You're always the first writer to bash the team when they lose two games in a row or a pitcher has a bad start, but then you're always the first writer to start quoting some marvelous Yankee legacy and tradition when they win a big game against Boston. Get off of it! You are delusional! The Yankees are what they are, a very expensive, modern day baseball team with little farm system and not much penchant for fostering continuity. They happen to play in the biggest market in the world and have a free spending owner so they are able to contend every year, but they have nothing more in common with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio then the logo on the hats and the stripes on the shirt. So stop living in some 1950s fantasy world!