ESPN 25 best records

[bob_barron]

Jack Nicklaus shouldn't be on there. Only 3 of his 18 majors were won after 1979:

 

The 80 PGA Championship and the US Open and the 1986 Masters.

 

He also had the record before 1979

[Art Sandusky]

First, as for myself and I think most sports fans, we don't think of Emmitt as the king of running backs yet, nor do I think we ever will regardless of what records he broke. Considering he also did it somewhat at the expense of his own team doesn't help.

There is some truth to that. Sanders would've easily broken it if he hadn't retired.

I think Barry Sanders' retirement cast a palpable shadow over anything Emmitt Smith or any other running back who started around 1990 would do.

[treble]

I'm not so sure Bowman, Ryan, and Rose should be on there, since a good chunk of what they did came before the 25 year cut-off point.  Probably Jack Nicklaus, too.

Well, of the record breaking number itself comes after the cut-off, I can understand it.

But Nicklaus only won 3 majors after 1979, which is supposed to be the cut-off date (and I'm pretty sure he beat the record pre-'79, too). Scotty Bowman won more than half of his Cups in the mid-70s, and Nolan Ryan and Pete Rose were in their prime in the pre-ESPN era.

 

Their records are impressive, but if the criteria is that the records are from the last 25 years than they don't belong.

[bob_barron]

Bobby Jones is in second place with 13 majors so Nicklaus had the record pre-1979.

 

Bowman won in 1979, 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2002