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WFAN Best Sports Figures: #6 — Patrick Ewing

Editor’s Note: As part of WFAN’s 30th anniversary celebration, from May 1-12, we asked you to vote on the best local sports figures over the past 30 years. Over the course of two weeks, we are revealing the top-10 vote getters.

NEW YORK (WFAN) — The pressure would have been too great for many athletes, but not for Patrick Ewing.

When the Knicks drafted the center in 1985, he had to live up to the hype that accompanied being a college superstar at Georgetown and the No.