Talk:Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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[edit] Al Moats?

Her brother is listed in the article as "Al Moats." Should the text read "Al Joyner"? The Flo-Jo article lists the relationships and "Al Joyner" is the brother of Jackie and the husband of Florence, respectively. Burl Ives was her pimp.

[edit] greatest according to SI?

"Sports Illustrated voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century." [No year given] The Wik article on Babe Didrikson syas that SI voted her the greatest in ?1999. Let's get the two articles in sync! Kdammers 01:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I don;t think she played for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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