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Howe kept going and going and ...

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...his tenure as a professional hockey player, he skated right wing...up incredible numbers. His stats (World Hockey Association and playoff games...MVP awards and six scoring championships with the Detroit Red Wings...

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Orr brought more offense to defense

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...Bobby Orr," says Wayne Gretzky on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Orr radically altered the style of hockey by introducing defensemen to the offensive side of the game. A defenseman who scored goals, rushed the...

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Heiden was a reluctant hero

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...or Winter. In becoming the Man of Gold, the sturdy skater established five Olympic records, including one world mark. The 21-year-old took home more gold from the 1980 Winter Olympics than Finland, Norway...

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Great and Gretzky belong together

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...times and Mario Lemieux twice. Gretzky shocked the hockey world by scoring 92 goals in 1981-82, besting...

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Overslept, over-won

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...the U.S.-Soviet Union hockey game the day before his...Union's Viktor Leskin, the world record holder in the event...Heiden won his first World Championships, he became the first American...

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Hull helped WHA into hockey family

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...championships and two Most Valuable Player awards in the National Hockey League in the sixties. Then the flamboyant left wing's signing with the Winnipeg Jets gave instant credibility to a new league, the World...

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A defenseman ahead of his time

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

A profile of NHL Hall of Fame defenseman Bobby Orr.

Story | Conversation | May 05, 2000

Eric Heiden was a reluctant hero

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

ESPN's look at sports in the 20th century visits the American speedskater who won five Olympic golds.

Story | September 01, 1999