It is both ironic and fitting that Davis shared a birthday with another late pro sports owner, the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner, the two born only a year apart. Both, of course, were pains to the commissioners and mainstream executives in their respective sports. Both contributed immeasurably to the games they loved..Two days earlier, Kumble was in Times Square to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ, the second time in recent months that cricket was making headlines in the US financial sector. In June, MS Dhoni landed at number 31 in Forbes Magazine's annual list of the highest paid athletes in the world with $26.5 million, the first time a cricketer has appeared in the top 50. Kumble says that in order for cricketers to continue to rise and sit alongside some of the names whose global popularity and sponsorships consistently place them in the top 10 like Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant and David Beckham, cricket needs to break into the US market in a big way..