I bet Americans would be surprised how little the fame of their sports' star has travelled. For example, I'm a sports' fan, but I can't name one current American baseball, basketball or football player. Infact the only baseball players I know are Babe Ruth and Joe Dimaggio( Monroe connection), from basketball Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, and in American football, O J Simpson, Jim Brown and, Olympic sprinting great, Bob Hayes. Of course, the reverse is undoubtedly true i.e. Americans won't know any of our star soccer, cricket and rugby players..