http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us It's a tag many people have worn before they were great: "The best to have never won a championship." A young Michael Jordan was that guy in the late 1980s when he kept running into the Detroit Pistons every May. It was an albatross around Phil Mickelson's neck before he finally broke through at Augusta National in 2004. Same goes for John Elway before he ended his great career with back-to-back Super Bowl championships. It begs the question: How important is winning a championship to a players' legacy? Earlier this month, Kobe Bryant appeared to solidify his by leading a Los Angeles Lakers team that didn't have Shaquille O'Neal on the roster to an NBA title. It was Bryant's fourth championship, but the first won without O'Neal. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/DOB-column-for-6-28-09