Other Famous Alaskans

It turns out that more people are from Alaska than I’d remembered, with pitcher Curt Schilling no doubt edging Carlos Boozer out for the title of (pre-Palin) Most Famous Alaskan. Jewel can also put in a strong claim:

Meanwhile, SDG observes:

In “other people who played their high school basketball in Alaska, then played at Duke and were then drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers” news, Trajan Langdon is keeping tabs on Putin for Palin. (she can actually see him playing basketball from her house)

Maybe after the election, Palin can work on convincing basketball defector Becky Hammon to stop working for the Russkies.