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Overrated & Underrated

July 2026
1min read

Edison, Gotti, Presley, and Ball—and the Sherman tank, and the Spirit of St. Louis and Kit Carson: You know them all, but how good (or bad) were they? For the sixth year in a row, the experts weigh in.

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