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|Novak Djokovic
 
|Novak Djokovic
 
|"he put together the greatest season since Australian champion Rod Laver won the Grand Slam in 1969.  Despite that, mainstream reports after his US Open win virtually failed to mention the Serb’s remarkable season ...."<ref>|http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-could-surpass-rafael-nadal-and-roger-federer/story-fnii0pkt-1227533813947?sv=1ecd2a1ea5a8d6f4b29142dce5edd117</ref>
 
|"he put together the greatest season since Australian champion Rod Laver won the Grand Slam in 1969.  Despite that, mainstream reports after his US Open win virtually failed to mention the Serb’s remarkable season ...."<ref>|http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-could-surpass-rafael-nadal-and-roger-federer/story-fnii0pkt-1227533813947?sv=1ecd2a1ea5a8d6f4b29142dce5edd117</ref>
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|he's one of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Greatest Conservative Sports Stars]]
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|he's one of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Greatest Conservative Sports Stars]]; also American media usually does not follow sports where there are no American superstars, and tennis has not had a men's superstar since John McEnroe (it is dominated by Europeans)
 
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|Tim Duncan
 
|Tim Duncan
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|[[Dwight Howard]]
 
|[[Dwight Howard]]
 
|Three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, five-time All-NBA First Team, led the league in rebounds five times and blocks twice, won the NBA slam dunk contest in 2008, and led the underdog Orlando Magic to the NBA Finals in 2009. Will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but has often been unjustly blamed for his team's failures by the media, particularly between 2012 and 2015, even though he had been dealing with many injuries at the time
 
|Three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, five-time All-NBA First Team, led the league in rebounds five times and blocks twice, won the NBA slam dunk contest in 2008, and led the underdog Orlando Magic to the NBA Finals in 2009. Will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but has often been unjustly blamed for his team's failures by the media, particularly between 2012 and 2015, even though he had been dealing with many injuries at the time
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|he is a deeply religious Christian (though he has five children by five different women, never marrying any of them); furthermore his injuries have limited his ability and he has never won an NBA title.  Also has had conflicts with team ownership (demanding to be traded on several occasions) and teammates (including the usually passive James Harden)
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|he is a deeply religious Christian (though he has five children by five different women, never marrying any of them); furthermore his injuries have limited his ability and he has never won an NBA title.  Also has had conflicts with team ownership (demanding to be traded on several occasions), coaches (had several run ins with Jeff Van Gundy during their tenure in Orlando) and teammates (including James Harden, who generally gets along with most teammates)
 
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|Zach Johnson
 
|Zach Johnson
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|Herschel Walker
 
|Herschel Walker
 
|he is the only football player to gain more than 4,000 yards in rushing, pass receiving, and returning kickoffs, and yet is not in the Hall of Fame.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/3abl0b/is_it_jus_me_or_is_herschel_walker_almost_hall_of/</ref>  His overall yardage gained is better than numerous players who are in the Hall of Fame.
 
|he is the only football player to gain more than 4,000 yards in rushing, pass receiving, and returning kickoffs, and yet is not in the Hall of Fame.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/3abl0b/is_it_jus_me_or_is_herschel_walker_almost_hall_of/</ref>  His overall yardage gained is better than numerous players who are in the Hall of Fame.
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|outspoken [[Christian]] who also dared to compete with the NFL, and who also praised [[Donald Trump]]
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|outspoken [[Christian]] who also dared to compete with the NFL, and who also praised [[Donald Trump]].  Also the NFL does not recognize statistics from rival leagues, such as the USFL for which Walker played (except for the AFL with which it formally merged).<ref>The decision not to recognize statistics from rival leagues is not unique to the NFL, the NBA does not recognize statistics from the ABA though it later absorbed four of its teams (were it to do so, Julius Erving would be recognized as a member of the 30,000 point club).</ref>
 
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|Serena Williams
 
|Serena Williams
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