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> > > Taking this from another tack, we could always expect the American superhero team to include popular American heroes: Uncle Sam, Superman, Mickey Mouse, Buffy, Fox Mulder, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson.
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> Then I'd say LeBron James is a stretch as well, as outside of basketball he's a no-name. The majority of women I know would likely have no clue who he was. Hell, *I* had to look up what team he plays for, as I don't give a rat's ass about basketball. (Go Pistons though. And Red Wings in hockey.)
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Lebron led the team that kept your Pistons out of the Finals last year. You probably should have known who the Cavs were.
I originally was going to put Jordan, but went with Lebron because he's more recent and has a great deal of widespread appeal despite not winning a championship. Basketball is nowhere as big a sport as it was in the Jordan years (at least in the US, in the world its a different story), so the fact he stars in a multitude of commercials and hosts SNL is pretty impressive, to me.
I didn't go with Tiger Woods because of my bias against golf.
EDIT: Peyton Manning could have been another choice, but I wanted to continue using the slot for an African American, which is tokenism, I know.
> I think if a dead guy like Elvis can be considered, then you have to go with a classic sports star whose name everyone would recognize, be it Babe Ruth, Mohammad Ali, or possibly Michael Jordon. If it's going to be a currently active sports star, I'd say Tiger Woods is the biggest name out there right now. My Grandmothers both know who Tiger Woods is.
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Your analogy fails because it depends on the assumption that Elvis is indeed dead.
> I won't argue the Walker, Texas Ranger selection, as I think that one's funny, and he at least had his show named after him.
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A cowboy character needs to be on the roster someplace, and like Mulder he was a lead character of a no longer around TV show with a cult following (though Walker I think had broader appeal).
