{"product_id":"got-your-legends-isbn-9781368108577","title":"Got Your Legends","description":"\u003cb\u003eESPN personality and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Mike Greenberg (\u003ci\u003eGot Your Number, Got Your Answers\u003c\/i\u003e) and mega-producer Hembo rank the franchises of the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL from best to worst and reveal who is on the Mount Rushmore of legends for each.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the four biggest American sports leagues, 124 franchises vie for the crown of greatest of all. Only one can sit atop the throne. Now for the first time ever, \u003ci\u003eGot Your Legends\u003c\/i\u003e ranks all of the franchises and explains which teams are legendary, or unique, or exciting, or tragic . . . or laughable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen—no matter how good, or bad, or lucky, or jinxed a franchise may be—Greeny and Hembo celebrate the four greatest figures in the history of each team, with easily digestible essays on the top sixty franchises that will surprise and entertain fans new and old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo whether you want to commemorate your favorite high-octane teams (hello, Yankees, Canadiens, and Steelers fans), cry-laugh about the misfortunes of your hometown clubs (looking at you, Jaguars, Hornets, and Blue Jackets faithful), or just bank some stats for trivia night, \u003ci\u003eGot Your Legends\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate guide to America’s sports landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove or hate where your teams land, either way you’ll be drawn into the conversation. Join two of the most passionate sports fanatics of all time and partake in the greatest American pastime: arguing about—and reveling in—everything sports.“The way Mike Greenberg lays things out is nothing short of spectacular. He’s already in a couple of Halls of Fame, and after this book, I’m assuming another is on the way. A fantastic book with fabulous information.”\u003cbr\u003e--Pat McAfee, sports analyst and retired ball kicker on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Greeny looks at sports history with the eye of a storyteller. I knew I cared about these athletes, but Got Your Number reminded me of why I should care about what they accomplished.”\u003cbr\u003e--Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If anybody knows how to put historical sports debates in book form, it’s these two. What a wonderful, thought-provoking historical look at some of the great performers that have graced our athletic fields over the past 70 years. I couldn’t get enough if it!”\u003cbr\u003e--Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, former co-host of Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Answers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Greeny and Hembo have provided a cheat sheet with this fascinating compilation—never lose an argument again, and be all-knowing!”\u003cbr\u003e--Michael Kay, Voice of the New York Yankees and host of \u003ci\u003eThe Michael Kay Show\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Answers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Greeny's book isn't just a fun read. It's a guide to winning every sports debate for the rest of your life.”\u003cbr\u003e--Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior Writer and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Kings\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mike Greenberg and sports are synonymous—my favorite sports memories all have his voice attached.”\u003cbr\u003e--Emmanuel Acho, Emmy-winning broadcaster and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the introduction to this fabulous book, Mike wisely and wonderfully notes that sports can bring people together by fostering conversation, something he has done throughout his spectacular career and now does again with these terrific essays.”\u003cbr\u003e--Amy Trask, sports executive and Princess of Darkness on \u003ci\u003eGot Your Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e has been among the signature faces, and voices, of ESPN for more than a quarter century. He is currently the host of ESPN’s \u003ci\u003eGet Up\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday NFL Countdown \u003c\/i\u003eshows as well as the NFL Draft on ESPN. He previously co-hosted \u003ci\u003eMike and Mike \u003c\/i\u003ewith Mike Golic, for which the duo has been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Mike is the author of several previous books, and multiple \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and a member of the Medill Hall of Achievement. Mike and his wife, Stacy, have two children and reside in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Hembekides\u003c\/b\u003e is a content producer for ESPN’s Get Up, and he partners with Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio’s #Greeny. He has become best known for his daily trivia question, which earned him the nickname “Sneaky Hembo.” Paul began his career on Mike and Mike and is recognized as one of the premier researchers in the industry. He contrib­utes weekly to the Baseball Tonight podcast, and his research is regularly featured on ESPN.com. A graduate of Cedarville University (BA) and La Salle University (MA), Paul and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in New Jersey with their two daughters.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are few more instantly recognizable images in the world than the visages carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Intended to symbolize the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the United States, the carved faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln have become as iconic a part of our national culture as the Statue of Liberty or the Lincoln Memorial. The group of faces have been portrayed in everything from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic \u003ci\u003eNorth by Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e to the Rushmore Four who run the Presidents Race at every home game for baseball’s\u003cbr\u003eWashington Nationals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unintended consequence of the selection of four faces to represent the nation has been a resulting tendency to use that number to choose the best in class of almost any category imaginable. Long before the Beatles were the Fab Four, people were debating the “Mount Rushmore” of everything from left-handed pitchers to virtuoso pianists. There is no other obvious reason to select the number four for such a designation; in a vacuum it seems as though either three or five would be more sensible and satisfying. But, in our culture today, right this minute, I guarantee there are a bunch of young people on a college campus debating who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of rock guitarists. Or rappers. Or quarterbacks. Not the top three, or the top five, but the four faces that represent the genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNowhere does this conceit work more effectively than in sports. Over the three decades I have been hosting sports talk shows, it is likely I have concocted more than a thousand Mount Rushmores. So, when trying to come up with the concept for a book about the greatest legends in every team’s history, Hembo and I knew there was only one way to do it. Thus, what follows could easily be described as the “Mount Rushmores of every team in the four major North American Sports Leagues.” The fab four of every team, the faces of the franchises, chosen for their historical relevance, their competitive greatness, and their overall contributions to their teams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther, the order in which the franchises are listed is very much intentional, beginning at the apex and descending to the nadir, from the sublime to the ridiculous, beginning with the most successful and relevant franchises in American sports and finishing with the laughingstocks who deserve as much commentary from late night comedy hosts as they do anchors on \u003ci\u003eSportsCenter\u003c\/i\u003e. To be clear and fair to a lot of great individuals: What is being ranked is not the greatness of the franchise legends, but rather of the franchises themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, here come the legends and the franchises they made, in all their glory. I’m sure they will engender unanimous agreement, but in the unlikely event of any debate, I look forward to those discussions on the airwaves and internet more than I can put into words. Thank you, as always, for your support. Hembo and I sincerely hope you enjoy this one the most of all.","brand":"Hyperion Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233202450661,"sku":"NP9781368108577","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781368108577.jpg?v=1767728391","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/got-your-legends-isbn-9781368108577","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}