Over at The Athletic, writers have been tasked with naming their favorite athletes while growing up and I’ve quite enjoyed following that series. I was trying to think about who my favorite athletes were and in some cases it’s obvious, like Walter Payton of the Bears, who I consider the greatest football player ever.
When it came to basketball, I couldn’t get enough of watching Jerry Sloan of the Bulls, who was about as consistently steady as any athlete to ever play the sport.