Certain athletes transcend sports.
They have so much charisma and personality they become as big a star off the field as on the field.
They were huge in their playing days and then became even more popular post-career thanks to a rare ability to perform on camera.
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Troy Aikman, a three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, is one of those guys. So are Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.
The Rock.
Go back a ways, and there were trailblazers that preceded them — John McEnroe, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Joe Namath.