Howard/Finley Named to TSN''s Good Guys List for 2001
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Organizations Finley works with include: NBA Reading Month, National Education Association's "Read Across America, Boys & Girls Club, Buckets For Hunger (Madison, Wisc.), Proviso East High School (Chicago), Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Michael's Fin-atics Community Ticket Block Section at Mavs home games, Maywood (Ill.) Park District, Michael Finley Basketball Camp (Chicago), Dallas Black Dance Theatre, other NBA player events (Zo's Summer Groove, etc.), Mavs Thanksgiving Kids Party, TeamUp Day and Holiday Hospital Visits.
Dikembo Mutombo, who helped lead the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA Finals last month, was selected as the overall "Good Guy" in sports by The Sporting News for his humanitarian work off the court, both in the United States and in his native Africa.
Mutombo is the subject of the cover story in the July 16 issue of The Sporting News. This is the third year in which The Sporting News has selected 99 "good guys" from the professional sports it covers, with the research and writing done by senior editor Paul Attner.
Also selected as #1 in their respective sports are the retiring Cal Ripken Jr. of Baltimore (MLB), Kansas City lineman Will Shields (NFL), Sacramento center Vlade Divac (NBA), Pittsburgh owner/center Mario Lemieux (NHL) and NASCAR's Kyle Petty. Each is highlighted by a feature article in the issue, with the other selections shown as thumbnail sketches.
The full list is featured on sportingnews.com, as well as discussed on Sporting News Radio (formerly One-on-One Radio), the nation's largest sports radio network.
The complete list of the 99 athletes follows:
Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia, overall
MLB
Cal Ripken, Jr, Baltimore
Wilson Alvarez, Tampa Bay
Kevin Brown, L.A. Dodgers
Jay Buhner, Seattle
Eric Davis, San Francisco
Ryan Dempster, Florida
Jermaine Dye, K.C.
Jason Giambi, Oakland
Luis Gonzalez, Arizona
Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal
Roberto Hernendez, K.C.
Bobby Higginson, Detroit
Derek Jeter, N.Y.Yankees
Randy Johnson, Arizona
Jeff Kent, San Francisco
Al Leiter, San Francisco
Curt Schilling, Arizona
Gary Sheffield, L.A.Dodgers
Jim Thome, Cleveland
Tim Wakefield, Boston
Turk Wendell, N.Y. Mets
NASCAR
Kyle Petty
Jeff Burton
Ricky Craven
Jeff Gordon
Terry Labonte
Jimmy Spencer
Rusty Wallace
NBA
Vlade Divac, Sacramento
Ray Allen, Milwaukee
John Amaechi, Orlando
Darrell Armstrong, Orlando
P.J. Brown, Charlotte
Chris Dudley, Phoenix
Tim Duncan, San Antonio
Michael Finley, Dallas
Brian Grant, Miami
Grant Hill, Orlando
Allan Houston, New York
Juwan Howard, Dallas
Larry Hughes, Golden State
Mark Jackson, New York
George Lynch, Philadelphia
Stephon Marbury, New Jersey
Alonzo Mourning, Miami
Gary Payton, Seattle
David Robinson, San Antonio
Steve Smith, Portland
Damon Stoudamire, Portland
Nick Van Exel, Denver
Antoine Walker, Boston
Chris Webber, Sacramento
Jermone Williams, Toronto
NHL
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh
Sergei Fedorov, Detroit
Jeff Feisen, San Jose
Adam Graves, New York Rangers
Scott Hartnell, Nashville
Curtis Joseph, Toronto
John LeClair, Philadelphia
Darren McCarty, Detroit
Scott Mellenby, St. Louis Blues
Mike Modano, Dallas
Derek Morris, Calgary
Sergi Payer, Florida
Shjon Podein, Colorado
Rob Ray, Buffalo
David Scatchard, New York Islanders
Tyler Wright, Columbus
NFL
Will Shields, Kansas City
Derrick Alexander, Kansas City
Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh
Ruben Brown, Buffalo
Derrick Brooks, Tampa Bay
Tony Boselli, Jacksonville
Mark Brunell, Jacksonville
Kerry Collins, New York Giants
Warrick Dunn, Tampa Bay
Marshall Faulk, St. Louis
Jim Flanigan, Green Bay
Doug Flutie, San Diego
Darrell Green, Washington
Mike Jones, Pittsburgh
John Lynch, Tampa
Keenan McCardell, Jacksonville
Jimmy Smith, Jacksonville
Michael McCrary, Baltimore
Miami Dolphins
Jamir Miller, Cleveland
Rob Moore, Arizona
Chris Sanders, Tennessee
Junior Seau, San Diego
Kevin Turley, New Orleans
Troy Vincent, Philadelphia
Jerry Wunsch, Tampa Bay
