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From the gridiron to the hardwood, sports teams that towered above the rest By CHARLES P. PIERCE Special to MSN Well, since the good folks hereabouts have decided upon a project guaranteed to start fistfights in all the best cybersaloons, it's probably important to note that a certain iconic status had a lot to do with this top 10 ''Dream Teams" list. It had everything to do with No.'s 3, 4, and 6, and more than a little to do with No. 1 as well. Each of those teams was the epicenter of something much larger than the fact that the team happened to win whatever gaudy andiron was in dispute on that day. As for the others, well, this is my list. Got a problem with that? 1. The 1927 New York Yankees (110-44; World Champions) They set batting records that are falling even today; the Red Sox got a couple of them this past season. They also helped define celebrity in an age that was mad for it. They had Babe Ruth, who was played in a movie by William Bendix, and they had Lou Gehrig, who was played by Gary Cooper in a movie in which Babe Ruth was played by Babe Ruth, who played Babe Ruth a lot better than William Bendix did. More important, this team is still the standard by which all of us measure the competition: "OK, so Dean's got an early lead in New Hampshire. I mean, it's not like we're running against the '27 Yankees." For Every Dream There's A Dell Free All-in-One Printer & Digital Camera with purchase of any new Dell Home system.
Approximate Word count = 1052
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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