Ewing Set for Stakes Debut, Plus 25 Other Talented Horses Named for Famous Athletes
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What do one of the NBA’s all-time greats and a promising racehorse have in common? It sounds like a silly anecdote, but the answer is simply a name: Ewing.
Patrick Ewing played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association after winning the Naismith Award as men’s college basketball’s player of the year in 1984-’85 for the Georgetown Hoyas. The Kingston, Jamaica native was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1985-’86 after being selected No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.