[sportster2827]

I figured I start a thread just for bragging rights. I live in Pensacola, FL and we have several great players from many sports from our area. I'll list some of the top names. Lets see if your town can top mine. Try to keep this to your main city and surrounding suburbs.

Emmitt Smith-Escambia High School(my high school)/Florida Gators/Dallas Cowboys
Trent Richardson-Escambia HS/Alabama
Derrick Brooks-Washington/FSU/Tampa Bay
Roy Jones Jr.-Washington/Olympics(1990's "Fighter of the Decade"/Pound for Pound Champion)
Travis Fryman-Tate HS/Detroit Tigers/Cleveland Indians
Jay Bell-Tate HS/Pittsburgh Pirates/Arizona Cardinals
Don Sutton-Tate HS/MLB-(23 years & 7th all time in strikeouts)
Cortland Finnegan-Milton HS/Samford U./Tennessee Titans(current starting CB)
Josh Sitton-Catholic HS/UCF/Green Bay Packers(current starting guard)
Justing Gatlin-Woodham HS/U. of Tennessee/Olympic Gold Medalist(Former Fastest man in the world)
Michelle Snow-Pensacola HS/U. of Tennessee/WNBA(2002-Round 1, Pick 10)

Ha! Beat that!