Words & sports
After Part I, Part II and Part III, here we are: the ten greatest athletes of the millennium so far. Now we enter the upper echelon. Each of the names below could stake a claim as the greatest athlete ever in his or her respective sport—with maybe one exception.
These are the men and women who’ve made my jaw drop the most during the past two decades:
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With half our list gone, we’re getting into the realm of the all-timers, athletes who can genuinely claim to be legends in their respective sports—including three lefties, two California natives and one middle-aged man known for yelling “Omaha!” The margins are getting smaller. If you flip-flopped No. 20 with No. 11, I might say you’re wrong, but I wouldn’t call you crazy.
If you missed the previous twenty names in the rankings, check out Part I and Part II. Here we go:
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Welcome back to the second part of the list—or if you’re just joining in, go back and check out part one, featuring young guns like Mike Trout and Kevin Durant and more elderly specialists like Mariano Rivera and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva. Yeah, a pole vaulter—we’re going deep here. Among today’s additions: A Serb, a seven-footer, and one-time sensation from Down Under.
Without further ado, here are ten more of the greatest athletes of the millennium:
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