Every sports city has its legends—the athletes, coaches, and trailblazers whose accomplishments define generations of fans. But if you could honor only four people from each city, who would make the cut?

In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, where we give you the best of sports from back in the day, Dana Auguster and Charles Combs will reveal who they think should be the sports Mount Rushmore of certain cities.

Inspired by the iconic Mount Rushmore, they building the ultimate Sports Mount Rushmore for some of America's greatest sports cities. they will celebrate the icons whose championships, records, leadership, and cultural impact have left an unforgettable mark on their hometowns.

Co host Dana Auguster unveils his Mount Rushmore selections for Washington, D.C., Oakland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Houston, and Detroit, while co host Charles Combs makes the case for Atlanta, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Miami.

Will our choices match yours? Which legends are absolute locks, and which cities will spark the biggest debates? There are bound to be a few surprises—and maybe even a few controversial omissions.

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Some baseball seasons are remembered for champions. Others are remembered for unforgettable players. But every once in a while, a season delivers everything—record-breaking performances, historic collapses, incredible comebacks, and a World Series that still has fans shaking their heads years later.

In this episode Charles Combs and Dana Auguster will discuss the 2011 Major League Baseball season.

The unforgettable 2011 Major League Baseball season was a year when Justin Verlander dominated the American League, Matt Kemp came within inches of one of the greatest individual seasons in modern baseball. It was also the final season of Albert Pujols' legendary run in St. Louis before free agency changed the baseball landscape.

Also we'll revisit one of the wildest final days in regular-season history, when the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves completed stunning September collapses while the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals pulled off miraculous postseason berths.

Then we'll relive an October filled with unforgettable drama that ended with David Freese becoming a baseball legend as the Cardinals captured one of the most improbable World Series championships ever.

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Every great fighter brings something different to the ring.

Some had lightning-fast hands, others possessed granite chins. Some could make opponents miss by inches, while others broke them down with punishing body shots or ended fights with a single punch.

In this episode co-hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs are asking a question boxing fans have debated for generations: If you could build the perfect boxer, whose traits would you choose?

We're not picking the greatest fighter of all time. We're creating the ultimate fighter by combining the very best attributes from boxing's legends. Muhammad Ali's footwork? Mike Tyson's explosiveness? Marvin Hagler's chin? Floyd Mayweather's defense? Roberto Durán's inside fighting? George Foreman's power? They're all on the table.

We'll break down every category—from ring IQ and jab to power, defense, conditioning, heart, body punching, and knockout instinct—to see which legends own each piece of the perfect fighter.

And, of course, we're going to have a few and of course debates along the way. Because in boxing, there are very few unanimous decisions.

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After 53 years of heartache, bad teams and near misses, the New York Knicks are now the toast of the NBA.

Saturday night, behind Jalen Brunson's 45 point performance in game Five in San Antonio, the Knicks long awaited dream of a world championship finally came true.

In this all-new episode of the podcast, Charles Combs and Dana Auguster provide their reaction to the recently completed NBA finals where the New York Knicks completed an improbable run to capture the Larry O'Brien trophy for the first time since 1973.

We will discuss what we witnessed in this championship series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs where the Knicks finally rewarded their fans with a championship that many people in that lonely lot was convinced would never happen in their lifetime.

We will take a look at the finals series with fresh and hot takes on both teams that caused some debates between the two of us so please stay tuned for that.

Also stick around for us to compare the joyous reaction of the Knicks ending their championship drought to other teams that ended long droughts including ones by the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs.

We have that and so much more in this spirited edition of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast....a member of the Sports History Network.

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Over the years the Cleveland sports scene has had to endure some painful and heartbreaking losses, more then its fair share.

From "The Fumble", to "The Drive", to coming oh so close with their baseball team in several instances in the fall classic.

Yet the Cleveland Cavaliers finally answered the prayers of all northeast Ohio in 2016, erasing a 3-1 deficit in the NBA finals to give the city along Lake Erie its much needed and delayed championship, the city's first in several generations.

Yet during the down years of Cleveland sports in the mid 1970s, it was their basketball team that filled the void, climbing from an obscure NBA expansion team to not only capturing the hearts of Cleveland fans but captured the attention of the entire basketball world.

In this episode co hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs are heading back to the 1976 NBA playoffs to revisit one of basketball's most remarkable Cinderella stories—the "Miracle at Richfield."

Just five years after joining the league as an expansion franchise, the Cleveland Cavaliers shocked the basketball world by defeating the heavily favored Washington Bullets and capturing the imagination of an entire city.

We'll examine how a team of overlooked players, a passionate fan base, and a little bit of playoff magic combined to create one of the greatest upsets in NBA history.

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It has been 53 long years since the New York Knicks have win the NBA's biggest prize.

Now as they await their opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals, Historically Speaking Sports co-host Dana Auguster talks about the legacy of the New York Knicks and their long wait for their next NBA title and the number of championships the other metro New York franchises have won since the Knicks last reigned as NBA champions.

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Last week the men's and women's NCAA tournament expanded to 76 teams from it current 68 team format to take effect next season.

In this short bulletin, podcast co-host Dana Auguster takes you a trip through history as he illustrates how the tournament which began in 1939 expanded from an 8-team, mostly regional tournament, to the cultural phenomenon that is "March Madness".

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A few months back we did this for major League Baseball.

Then during the NFL Playoffs we did this for the best players that we have seen in pro football.

And now during the height of the NBA playoffs, it is basketball's turn.

In this all new episode co-hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs have put together a special NBA All-Star Selection show built entirely on firsthand experience.

This isn’t about stats alone or reputation—it’s about the greatest players we've personally watched from 1980 to today.

In this episode, Dana Auguster will be selecting his All-Star team from the Western Conference, highlighting exciting playmakers, high-scoring athletic legends, and dominant big men who defined that side of the league.

On the other side, co-host Charles Combs will be selecting his All-Star roster from the Eastern Conference, focusing on the dominant physical style of the stars of that conference and iconic players that shaped that part of the league in what we call the NBA's golden era.

Together, this episode blends basketball history, personal perspective, and honest debate as we build our ultimate All-Star lineups.

Also the guys are not putting together just a hypothetical all-star game but we will also construct an all-star weekend format three players from the east and three from the west for a Slam Dunk Contest and a Three point shoot out respectively.

Then later on they well send a shout out to a television program which this past week marked 65 years since it made its debut.

During their most formative years as Sports fans, Charles and Dana will reminisce about this ground breaking sports show in which we witnessed first hand the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

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HSS All-Time Pro Bowl Selection Show:

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/58d6a6a0-dbf5-4dc7-ba90-05b74dd4ac79/

HSS MLB All Time All-Time Selection Show:

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/2f43aa2a-047e-4701-b93f-262b72a760fd/