How do you measure greatness anyway? We invited our writers to rank their top 10 greatest athletes of all time,then compiled a top 50 based on their votes.
ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.
To the naked eye,the Paris Games are surely the raunchiest Olympics to date.
Americans fans are strutting their stuff while Team USA takes the biggest sporting stage,but despite the sea of red,white and blue in the grandstands,one item is notably absent.
It may not be nice or fair,but comparing ourselves to athletes (and critiquing their technique) is basically an Australian national sport.
Australia’s female athletes have dominated the gold medals,the headlines,and the glory in France. They’re owning it,too.
And still,she rises. Biles soared above the trauma,above the criticism,above the ghosts of Tokyo,and above even the laws of gravity,to leap further into history.
Stars like Nicole Kidman,Tom Cruise and Lady Gaga have flocked to France to catch a glimpse of Games.
The win came in a gym packed with A-list celebrities as the team recaptured in Paris what they couldn’t achieve in Tokyo three years ago.
With Snoop Dogg,Ariana Grande and Tom Cruise watching on,the world’s most decorated gymnast completed a mesmeric display showing that she is back to her best.