The Washington Post, November 9th, 1997
Sometimes you just have to choose. Wilt or Russell? Mays or Mantle? Ali or Frazier? Sonny or Billy? Martina or Chris? Emmitt or Barry? You can admire both, but you can love only one. All this time, I've been an Emmitt guy. And for some reason, claiming one is perceived as shunning the other, which shouldn't be the case. You say, "I'm an Emmitt guy," and a Barry fan hears, "I don't like Barry." And vice versa. But the time usually arrives when you don't have to choose anymore, and that time seems to be here for Emmitt or Barry. In this, Sanders's ninth NFL season, he has the stage to himself. S...
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