Mount Rushmore opened in 1941, and we’ve been rebuilding it ever since. It’s become a popular measuring stick for sports greats — the Mount Rushmore of baseball players, the Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches, the Mount Rushmore of pickleball greats, among many others.
The Babe Ruth Museum and the Baltimore Sun partnered on polling and creating a Mount Rushmore of Maryland sports, with the goal “to identify the state’s four most enduring athletic icons.”
So they picked six.
Hey, it’s not like Mount Rushmore was carved in stone or anything. You’ve got to be flexible when it comes to icon building.