Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | 10:11 a.m.
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Sports Illustrated is 41 weeks into a series entitled "The Poll" in which it details the high points in the sports history of each of the 50 states, but it has yet to publish its findings for Nevada.
So we're going to help out the magazine's editors. We're going to make their lives easier.
We're going to give them the answers and tell them what they need to know about Nevada's shining stars in the world of sports.
We'll even throw in poll percentages where applicable, just as they do, albeit without the benefit of actually taking a survey.
So let's go to our version of The Poll and weigh-in on sports in Nevada.
Favorite major league baseball team:
Los Angeles Dodgers...35%
Arizona Diamondbacks...22%
New York Yankees...14%
Favorite NFL team:
Oakland Raiders...40%
San Francisco 49ers...18%
Favorite NBA team:
Los Angeles Lakers...65%
Sacramento Kings...30%
Favorite NHL team:
Anaheim Mighty Ducks...17%
Phoenix Coyotes...11%
Detroit Red Wings...10%
Favorite pro team:
Los Angeles Lakers...32%
Oakland Raiders...28%
Favorite college:
UNLV...68%
Nevada-Reno...18%
Brigham Young...16%
Greatest athlete who lived in or played for a team in your state:
Andre Agassi...53%
State's biggest rivalry:
UNLV-UNR...71%
UNLV-BYU...48%
UNLV-Utah...30%
State's biggest rival:
BYU...65%
Utah...28%
Arizona...18%
More a fan of college or pro sports?
Pro...80%
College...20%
Favorite sport to play:
Golf...35%
Tennis...14%
Bowling...12%
Bob Maxson...42%
John McCain...36%
Paul Tanner...10%
Maxson is still despised for forcing Jerry Tarkanian to resign at UNLV in 1992, while McCain, the Arizona senator, can't seem to mind his own business and Tanner, a Dallas businessman, let everyone down in Las Vegas when he failed to build a downtown stadium and lure an NFL team to the city as he promised seven years ago.
6
Number of games the Oakland Athletics played during the regular season at Cashman Field in 1996.
569
Number of consecutive games the UNLV men's basketball team has had at least one 3-point field goal. Only UNLV has had at least one a game since the rule was added in 1986.
18
Age of pitcher Mike Morgan when he was signed out of Valley High School and promoted directly to the major leagues by the Oakland A's.
5
Number of UNLV men's basketball coaches between 1958 and 1992.
9
Number of UNLV men's basketball coaches between 1993 and 2004.
Marty Barrett
A Rancho High grad, Barrett spent 10 seasons in the major leagues, hitting .278 and winning the MVP in the 1986 ALCS by collecting 24 hits in 14 games for the Boston Red Sox.
Matt Williams
The Carson City native was an All-America shortstop at UNLV and set a team record with 58 career home runs before taking his powerhitting act to the major leagues, where he led the National League in home runs in 1994 with 43 for the San Francisco Giants.
Greg Maddux
A sure Hall of Fame pitcher when he retires, he's back with the Chicago Cubs after 11 stellar seasons with the Atlanta Braves and four Cy Young awards.
Andre Agassi
One of the greatest players in tennis history, Agassi continues to excel on the men's tour while adding to his reputation and popularity as a philanthropist.
Jerry Tarkanian
The cornerstone of the development of the UNLV basketball team as a national power, his teams won 509 games and lost 105 in 19 seasons of coaching the Rebels.
Randall Cunningham
Still UNLV's career passing leader with 8,020 total yards, he led the Rebels for three seasons, capped by an 11-2 record in 1984, before becoming the 37th pick in the 1985 draft and playing in the NFL for 17 years.
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