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The Mount Rushmore of Christmas Songs

Will “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” make the cut? This one is open to a vote! We’ve put 25 of the all-time best Christmas songs on the ballot. Top four will be named to Mount Rushmore for at least a year. Some of them have been recorded by multiple artists,…

The Mount Rushmore of Hockey Players

                Gordie Howe     |     Wayne Gretzky Bobby Orr     |     Maurice “Rocket” Richard These Guys Were Really Good at Hockey The Upshot: Here we go again — the first three are no-brainers, and it’s the fourth spot…

The Mount Rushmore of Quarterbacks

The upshot: Normally, our first “Mount Rushmore” would be the broadest logical tribute for a category. For example, we’ll choose the Mount Rushmore of basketball players before we break it down by position. But quarterbacks are different. Before we even name the Mount Rushmore of football players (which will surely…

The Mount Rushmore of Sitcoms

         The upshot: Sometimes a Mount Rushmore isn’t just about what’s “best.” It can also reflect a measure of respect for groundbreakers, trendsetters, people and things that left their mark on a moment in time. In our Mount Rushmore for sitcoms, we admit a personal bias that,…

The Mount Rushmore of NASCAR Drivers

Richard Petty  |  Dale Earnhardt Jimmie Johnson  |  Jeff Gordon The long and the short of it: The fourth spot in NASCAR, like many other Rushmores, is the tough one. Petty, Earnhardt and Johnson are no-brainers — because seven titles each. But when you fill that fourth spot on the…