I thought about it. I hate to admit it but I did feel a basketball. Once. Maybe our sense of touch was also created to make it feel like a sphere too? I have 4 Coordinate Measuring Machines in my shop. If I just had a basketball I could tell you for sure.
That's very naive. What you know is these people's SALARY. That's only a part of "how much they make". (The bigger the crook, the larger the difference.)
I had one of those sisters too, 8 yrs older. By the time I was getting ready to hold my own against her, she up and left home got married. 20 years later, I still can't whup up on her because her husband has about 5 in and 75 lbs on me.
Greg D might be honorable mention on your list considering he was a 5x NYS champ and Yianni's brother. I don't even think he's even started at Cornell.