Honest Abe, Teddy the Trust Buster, Big Daddy George and Constitutional Penman Tom —whose noble visages grace Mt. Rushmore — all must be spinning in their graves about now.
It has become the rage in the U.S. to choose the top four all-time performers in a given sport — or at a position — and refer to them as "the Rushmore" of that area of athletic endeavor.
Thus, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Washington and Jefferson-like presidential greatness is now routinely bestowed upon mere fun-and-games jocks.
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