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Jones: Appreciating sports' underappreciated people, things

Tom Jones St. Petersburg Times

Last updated Monday, November 30, 2009 - 6:13pm

Every now and then, we have to remind ourselves about some of the underrated things we love about sports. So here's another edition of the people, places and things in sports that are underappreciated.

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Jones: Esposito, Williams, Manning among top 10 sports siblings

Tom Jones St. Petersburg Times

Last updated Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 8:35pm

Here are our picks for the best sibling athletes of all time.

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Jones: Great sports upsets

Tom Jones St. Petersburg Times

Last updated Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:12pm

It happened only last Sunday, so it's difficult to put into perspective so soon. But when you delve into the details, you could make an argument that Y.E. Yang staring down Tiger Woods and winning the PGA Championship is among the greatest individual upsets in sports history. A look at our choices for the top individual sports upsets:
-- Y.E. Yang beats Tiger Woods
Yang was ranked 110th in the world. His best finish at a major had been a tie for 30th, and that was the only time in four previous majors he even made the cut. Meanwhile, Tiger was 14-0 when leading after three rounds in a major and had won 36 of 37 tournaments overall when he took a lead into the final round. But Yang played the final 49 holes in 13-under par, and not only did he overcome a two-shot deficit to Woods heading into Sunday, he ended up winning by three shots.
-- Jack Fleck beats Ben Hogan

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Jones: Most influential figures in sports history

Tom Jones

Last updated Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 8:35pm

The conversation started recently Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association since 1986, announced he would step down next year. As leader of sports' most powerful union, Fehr has to be considered one of the most influential sports figures ever, doesn't he?
Trying to settle on a list of those who have had the most impact in sports is brutally difficulty.
Fans' tastes are all over the place. Eras also differ, so the impact made by, say, Babe Ruth is different from the one made by, say, Tiger Woods. With television, advertising and the Internet, sports evolve almost by the minute. So those in recent years leave more fingerprints than those in the early 20th century. But here is one list of the 10 most influential figures over the past 50 years.

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