Jimmie Johnson Joins Spurs, Sampras, Devils In Unknowingly Screwing His Sport
It’s unfortunate that winning isn’t enough, but that’s the way it is.
The San Antonio Spurs won four championships in nine years, but are saddled with the responsibility of making the National Basketball Association almost unwatchable.
Pete Sampras set a record with 14 Grand Slam crowns, but returned tennis to a distant international game after it had become quite Americanized.
The New Jersey Devils won Stanley Cups in 1995, 2000, and 2003, but helped make hockey so “blah” that the sport is now in the afterthought of America’s consciousness.
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