Monthly Archives: April 2022

H2H 156: Shawn Marion vs. Rasheed Wallace – Who was Better?

Today’s NBA game is all about versatility, making players who can do it all (score, rebound, pass, defend, etc.) valuable commodities in this new era of positionless basketball.  A generation earlier, two stars who fit this mold at the forward position were Shawn Marion and Rasheed Wallace – despite very different personalities and temperaments, each was a highly productive player on both ends of the court for some championship-contending teams; as perhaps borderline Hall of Fame-type players from the 2000s, let us compare this duo and pose the question:

Who was better – Shawn Marion or Rasheed Wallace?

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Countdown 125: Top 10 Miami Heat of All Time

Who are the top Miami Heat of all time?  Here is our top 10 countdown:

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H2H 155: Phil Niekro vs. Gaylord Perry – Who was Better?

In baseball’s long and storied history, there are numerous examples of brothers who excelled at the MLB level, e.g. Paul and Lloyd Waner, the DiMaggios, the Alous, the Alomars, etc.  From the pitching side of things, the winningest brothers in MLB history are Phil and Joe Niekro (539 combined wins), followed closely by Gaylord and Jim Perry (529 wins); no other pair of brothers has even surpassed 400 total wins.  Among these standout siblings, Phil Niekro and Gaylord Perry were the more illustrious half of each pairing – with 5,000+ career innings pitched, 300+ wins, and 3,000+ strikeouts apiece, each hurler spent more than two decades in MLB and was among the greatest workhorses of the 1960s and 1970s; these parallels thus make for an interesting comparison:

Who was better – Phil Niekro or Gaylord Perry?

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Countdown 124: Top 10 Miami Dolphins of All Time

Who are the top Miami Dolphins of all time?  Here is our top 10 countdown:

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