What truly sets the Big Apple apart are its sports fans and sports conversations. Whether the subject's baseball, football, basketball, hockey, tennis, boxing . . . if something's within shouting distance of the tabloids or the Times, New Yorkers are always talking about it.

Arguments include:
The worst team of all time: the '62 Mets or...?
Is King George a tyrant?
Namath or Messier: who made the greater "guarantee"?
Who was the bigger brat: Connors or McEnroe?
Lou & Cal Jr.: who was tougher?
Jordan or Riley: who was enemy #1 at the Garden?

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