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Superstar by any name in sports defies definition
The piece surveys how the term superstar entered sports lexicon with Merriam Webster noting three traits extremely talented great public appeal and usually high salary. It quotes Dick Young Howard Cosell Willie Mays and others on whether performance public appeal and pay truly define a superstar and ponders if the label once earned can ever fade.
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Jexico
New York News
Dick Young
Willie Mays
Young
Ron Swoboda
Mets
Merriam. Webster
Jesus Christ
Viva
Vida Blue
Nixon
Blue
Merriam - Webster
Bull Hartack
Sports Illustrated
Andy Bathgate
Tucker Frederickson
Red Berenson
Walt Hazzard
Mickey Mantle
Johnny Unitas
Oscar Robertson
Cosell
Palmer
Joe Namath
Dick Butkus
Tom Seaver
Paul Weiss