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Publisher’s Note xv Josh Beckett 87 Introduction xvii David Beckham 90 Contributors xxi Kenenisa Bekele 93 Carlos Beltrán 95 VOLUME 1 Mike Bibby 98 Kjetil André Aamodt 1 Simone Biles 101 Bobby Abreu 4 Chauncey Billups 105 Ben Ainslie 7 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 108 Shaun Alexander 12 James Blake 111 Laila Ali 15 Jeremy Bloom 114 Ray Allen 18 Sergei Bobrovsky 118 Aric Almirola 21 Usain Bolt 122 Jozy Altidore 24 Barry Bonds 125 Eniola Aluko 28 Tom Brady 129 Hashim Amla 31 Elton Brand 132 Craig Anderson 35 Drew Brees 135 Jamie Anderson 39 Zach Britton 138 Georgeta Andrunache 43 Martin Brodeur 141 Giannis Antetokounmpo 45 Carmelo Anthony 49 Dustin Brown 144 Darren Appleton 53 Kobe Bryant 148 Gilbert Arenas 55 Madison Bumgarner 152 Lance Armstrong 57 Bob Burnquist 157 Jake Arrieta 61 Jeff Burton 161 Luciana Aymar 66 Reggie Bush 164 Victoria Azarenka 69 Crystl Bustos 167
Marco Antonio Barrera 74 Miguel Cabrera 170 Mutaz Essa Barshim 77 Belinda Calhoun 173 Kenny Bartram 79 Joe Calzaghe 175 Russell Baze 81 Mirinda Carfrae 178 Layne Beachley 84 Chris Carpenter 182 vi Table of Contents
Vince Carter 188 Ernie Els 319 Sam Cassell 192 Joel Embiid 322 Tamika Catchings ...... 195 Fedor Emelianenko 325 Tina Charles 198 Samuel Eto’o 328 Roger Clemens 202 Kim Clijsters 207 Mick Fanning 333 Carlos Correa 210 Marshall Faulk 338 Miguel Cotto 215 Brett Favre 341 Natalie Coughlin 218 Roger Federer 344 Kirk Cousins 221 Sergei Fedorov 348 Randy Couture 226 Allyson Felix 351 Sidney Crosby 229 Lisa Fernandez 354 Stephen Curry 232 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 358 Prince Fielder 361 Johnny Damon 237 Jennie Finch 364 Pavel Datsyuk 240 Joe Flacco 367 Baron Davis ...... 245 Julie Foudy 370 Mo’ne Davis 248 Sylvia Fowles 372 Brian Dawkins 252 Julio Franco 376 Jason Day 255 Missy Franklin 379 Oscar De La Hoya 258 Cathy Freeman 383 Carlos Delgado 263 Fu Mingxia 386 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 265 Michael Fulmer 389 Genzebe Dibaba 269 Jim Furyk 392 R. A. Dickey 273
Skylar Diggins-Smith 279 Eric Gagné 395 Novak Djokovic 282 Nomar Garciaparra 398 Josh Donaldson ...... 287 Rulon Gardner 401 Elena Delle Donne 291 Kevin Garnett 405 Gabby Douglas 295 Pau Gasol 408 J.D. Drew 299 Antonio Gates 411 Tim Duncan 302 Tyson Gay 414 Warrick Dunn 305 Haile Gebrselassie 417 Kevin Durant 308 Jean-Sébastien Giguère 421 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 310 Manu Ginóbili 424 Jim Edmonds 313 Tom Glavine 427 Carl Edwards 316 Paul Goldschmidt 430 Table of Contents vii
Gong Zhichao 434 Taufik Hidayat 547 Tony Gonzalez 436 Grant Hill 549 Retief Goosen 438 Martina Hingis ...... 552 Jeff Gordon ...... 440 Marcel Hirscher 555 Royce Gracie 443 Trevor Hoffman 558 Cammi Granato 445 Chamique Holdsclaw 561 A. J. Green 448 Braden Holtby 564 Maurice Greene 452 Evander Holyfield 568 Ken Griffey, Jr. 455 Bernard Hopkins 571 Blake Griffin 459 Al Horford 573 Robert Griffin III 464 Robert Horry 577 Rob Gronkowski 469 Eric Hosmer 580 Vladimir Guerrero 473 Katinka Hosszú 583 Guo Jingjing 476 Dwight Howard 587 Chris Hoy 589 Mika Häkkinen 479 Brett Hull 592 Hakuhoˉ Shoˉ 482 Kareem Hunt 595 Simona Halep 486 Torii Hunter 599 Lewis Hamilton 490 Ryan Hunter-Reay 602 Denny Hamlin 493 Nyjah Huston 605 Mia Hamm 495 Nick Hysong 609 Paul Hamm 498 Yuzuru Hanyu 500 Andre Iguodala 612 Penny Hardaway 504 Juli Inkster 616 Tim Hardaway 507 Yelena Isinbayeva 618 James Harden 510 Ana Ivanovic 621 Bryce Harper 515 Allen Iverson 624 Pádraig Harrington 520 Marvin Harrison 523 VOLUME 2 Dominik Hašek 525 Jaromír Jágr 627 Tony Hawk 528 Edgerrin James 629 Chad Hedrick 530 LeBron James 632 Todd Helton 533 Derek Jeter 636 Brooke Henderson 536 Chris John 639 Justine Henin 540 Calvin Johnson 642 Thierry Henry 542 Dustin Johnson 647 Laurie Hernandez 544 Nancy Johnson 651 viii Table of Contents
Randy Johnson 654 Bobby Labonte 768 Shawn Johnson 657 John Lackey 770 Andruw Jones 660 Eddie Lacy 773 Chipper Jones 663 Bernard Lagat 777 Jennifer Jones 666 Stéphane Lambiel 779 Jon Jones 671 André Lange 781 Roy Jones, Jr. 675 Katie Ledecky 783 Michael Jordan 678 Kawhi Leonard 787 Aaron Judge 682 Lisa Leslie 791 Scott Jurek 686 Jon Lester 795 Ariya Jutanugarn 691 Lennox Lewis 797 Ray Lewis 801 Valerie Kanavy 694 Stacy Lewis 803 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 696 Jason Lezak 807 Duncan Keith 700 Li Na 809 Jeff Kent 703 Nicklas Lidström 813 Angelique Kerber 706 Damian Lillard 815 Clayton Kershaw 710 Lin Dan 819 Brad Keselowski 714 Jeremy Lin 821 Dallas Keuchel 716 Eric Lindros ...... 825 Svetlana Khorkina 720 Elizabeth Lipa˘ 828 Jason Kidd 723 Nastia Liukin 830 Chloe Kim 726 Carli Lloyd 833 Si Woo Kim 729 Ryan Lochte 837 Yuna Kim 733 Joey Logano 839 Dennis Kimetto 737 Jonah Lomu 842 Wilson Kipketer 741 Steven Lopez 847 Cindy Klassen 744 Tegla Loroupe 849 Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko 747 Davis Love III 851 Vitali Klitschko 747 Kevin Love 853 Vladimir Klitschko 747 Kyle Lowry 859 Pavel Kolobkov 750 Andrew Luck 863 Janica Kostelic´ 752 Pierre Lueders 867 Lenny Krayzelburg 754 Toni Kukoc 757 Manny Machado 869 Petra Kvitová 760 Greg Maddux 873 Michelle Kwan 764 Karl Malone 876 Table of Contents ix
Eli Manning ...... 880 Mike Mussina 1003 Peyton Manning 883 Geoffrey Mutai 1006 Simone Manuel 886 Dikembe Mutombo 1010 Stephon Marbury 890 Shawn Marion 893 Rafael Nadal 1013 Marcus Mariota 895 Steve Nash 1016 Juan Manuel Márquez ...... 899 Alexei Nemov 1019 Mark Martin 901 Paula Newby-Fraser 1022 Edgar Martinez 903 Ryan Newman 1025 Pedro Martinez 906 Cam Newton 1028 Sergio Gabriel Martínez 909 Neymar 1033 Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings 911 Gift Ngoepe 1037 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 917 Scott Niedermayer 1040 Tina Maze 919 Kei Nishikori 1043 Brian McCann 923 Dirk Nowitzki 1047 Angel McCoughtry 925 Chad Ocho Cinco 1050 Andrew McCutchen 929 Lorena Ochoa 1052 Connor McDavid 934 Jon Ogden 1054 Tatyana McFadden 937 Nneka Ogwumike 1057 Tracy McGrady 941 Apolo Anton Ohno 1061 Conor McGregor 944 Jermaine O’Neal 1064 Donovan McNabb 948 Shaquille O’Neal 1066 Garrett McNamara 950 David Ortiz 1070 Lionel Messi 954 Sylke Otto 1073 Phil Mickelson 957 Alexander Ovechkin 1076 Reggie Miller 959 Terrell Owens 1079 Von Miller 962 Natalia Molchanova 966 Manny Pacquiao 1082 Yadier Molina 970 Se Ri Pak 1085 Maya Moore 975 Zach Parise 1088 Alex Morgan 979 Grace Park 1091 Randy Moss 983 Inbee Park 1093 Alonzo Mourning 986 Tony Parker 1096 Carlos Moya 989 Lyn-z Adams Hawkins Pastrana 1099 Garbiñe Muguruza 991 Travis Pastrana 1103 Ibtihaj Muhammad 995 Dustin Pedroia 1106 Andy Murray 999 Salvador Pérez 1108 x Table of Contents
Adrian L. Peterson 1112 VOLUME 3 Andy Pettitte 1115 CC Sabathia 1221 Michael Phelps 1118 Joe Sakic 1224 Mike Piazza 1122 Pete Sampras 1226 Mary Pierce 1124 Gary Sánchez 1229 Paul Pierce 1127 Cael Sanderson 1233 Kelsey Plum 1130 Pablo Sandoval 1235 Evgeni Plushenko 1134 Johan Santana 1239 Troy Polamalu 1136 Max Scherzer 1243 Kristaps Porziņģis 1139 Curt Schilling 1247 Jorge Posada 1143 Michael Schumacher 1250 Buster Posey 1146 Maria Sharapova 1253 David Price 1148 Gary Sheffield 1256 Yasiel Puig 1150 Richard Sherman 1259 Albert Pujols 1154 Claressa Shields 1263 Anderson Silva 1267 Jonathan Quick 1157 Christine Sinclair 1270 Vijay Singh 1274 Agnieszka Radwańska ...... 1162 Kelly Slater 1276 Hasim Rahman 1166 Josh Smith 1278 Manny Ramirez 1169 John Smoltz 1283 Megan Rapinoe 1172 Jason Smyth 1286 Michael Redd 1176 Hope Solo ...... 1290 Ed Reed 1178 Rebecca Soni 1295 David Reutimann 1180 Annika Sorenstam 1300 Manon Rhéaume 1183 Alfonso Soriano 1302 Mariano Rivera 1188 Jordan Spieth 1305 Philip Rivers 1191 Georges St-Pierre 1309 Andy Roddick 1193 Steven Stamkos 1312 Aaron Rodgers 1195 Giancarlo Stanton 1316 Dennis Rodman 1202 Breanna Stewart 1320 Alex Rodriguez 1205 Tony Stewart 1324 Jimmy Rollins 1208 Elvis Stojko 1326 Ronaldinho 1211 Amare Stoudemire 1328 Ronaldo 1213 Michael Strahan 1331 Cristiano Ronaldo 1215 P. K. Subban 1334 Ronda Rousey 1217 Ichiro Suzuki 1339 Table of Contents xi
Noah Syndergaard 1342 Michael Weiss 1460 Wes Welker 1463 Diana Taurasi 1346 David Wells 1468 Nafissatou Thiam 1349 Russell Westbrook 1471 Frank Thomas 1352 Shaun White 1475 Isaiah Thomas 1355 Hassan Whiteside 1477 Tim Thomas 1359 Simon Whitfield 1480 Jim Thome 1364 Hayley Wickenheiser 1483 Alexis Thompson 1366 Michelle Wie 1485 Klay Thompson 1371 Bradley Wiggins 1487 Ian Thorpe 1376 Danny Willett 1492 LaDainian Tomlinson 1379 Kyle Williams 1496 David Toms 1382 Serena Williams 1498 Karl-Anthony Towns 1384 Venus Williams 1501 Yani Tseng 1388 Walter Ray Williams Jr. 1504 Mike Tyson 1392 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 1507 Tiger Woods 1510 Julio Urías 1396 Charles Woodson 1513 Chase Utley 1399 David Wright 1516 Anna Veith 1402 Winky Wright ...... 1518 Justin Verlander 1405 Alexei Yagudin 1521 Max Verstappen 1411 Yao Ming 1523 Valentina Vezzali 1415 Jacques Villeneuve 1418 Zinédine Zidane 1526 Omar Vizquel ...... 1421 Barry Zito 1529 Lindsey Vonn 1424 Ben Zobrist 1532 Dwyane Wade 1426 Armin Zöggeler 1536 John Wall 1429 Ben Wallace 1432 Resources Rusty Wallace 1435 Bibliography 1541 Luke Walton 1438 Great Athletes Time Line 1615 Kurt Warner 1441 Glossary 1623 Bubba Watson 1444 All-Time Great Athletes J. J. Watt 1448 ABC Sports Top 25 College Football Players 1679 Karrie Webb 1452 ESPN Fifty Greatest Boxers of All Time 1680 Chris Webber 1454 The FIFA 100 1683 Mike Weir 1457 Fifty Greatest NBA Players 1685 xii Table of Contents
Major League Baseball All-Time Team 1686 Associated Press Athletes of the Year 1765 Major League Baseball All-Century Team 1687 CNN/Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year 1767 Multidivision Boxing Champions 1688 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey 1769 NASCAR’s Fifty Greatest Drivers 1690 ESPY Outstanding Athlete of the Year 1770 Ring Magazine Eighty Best Fighters 1691 Outstanding Athlete with a Disability The Sporting News 100 Greatest ESPY Award 1771 Football Players 1692 FIFA World Players of the Year 1772 Tennis Magazine’s Forty Greatest Tennis Players 1693 Formula One World Drivers Champions 1774 WNBA All-Decade Team 1694 Heisman Trophy Winners 1775 Hickok Belt for Professional Athlete of the Year 1777 Halls of Fame Indianapolis 500 Winners 1778 Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame 1697 James E. Sullivan Memorial Award 1779 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 1702 Olympic Decathlon Champions 1781 Chess Halls of Fame 1703 John R. Wooden Award 1782 Cycling Hall of Fame.com Top 100 Cyclists 1704 Ring Magazine Fighters of the Year 1783 Hockey Hall of Fame 1706 Sporting News Sportsmen of the Year 1784 International Boxing Hall of Fame 1709 UPI International Athletes of the Year 1785 International Football Hall of Champions 1712 USA Basketball Athlete of the Year Awards 1786 International Gymnastics Hall of Fame 1713 USOC SportsMan and SportsWoman of the Year 1788 International Swimming Hall of Fame 1715 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 1790 International Tennis Hall of Fame 1722 World Soccer Magazine World Players of the Year 1791 International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame 1725 Jockeys’ Hall of Fame 1727 Professional League Honors Motorsports Hall of Fame 1728 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Players 1795 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1731 Major League Baseball Rookies of the Year 1798 National Baseball Hall of Fame 1733 Cy Young Award Winners 1800 National Distance Running Hall of Fame 1738 Major League Batting Champions 1802 National Track and Field Hall of Fame 1739 Major League Home Run Champions 1807 Pro Football Hall of Fame 1741 NBA Top Draft Picks 1812 Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame 1744 NBA Rookies of the Year 1814 Surfers’ Hall of Fame 1745 NBA Most Valuable Players 1815 U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame 1746 NBA Defensive Players of the Year 1816 U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame 1748 NBA Sixth Man Award 1817 U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame 1750 NBA Scoring Champions 1818 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame 1753 NFL Top Draft Picks 1820 Volleyball Hall of Fame 1755 NFL Rookies of the Year 1822 World Figure Skating Hall of Fame 1756 NFL Most Valuable Players 1824 World Golf Hall of Fame 1758 WNBA Top Draft Picks 1828 WNBA Rookies of the Year 1829 Annual Awards and Honors WNBA Most Valuable Players 1830 ABC Wide World of Sports Athletes of the Year 1763 WNBA Defensive Player and Sixth Woman Award 1831 American-International Athlete Trophy 1764 WNBA Scoring Leaders 1832 Table of Contents xiii
Special Award Indexes Presidential Medal of Freedom 1835 Country Index 1851 List of Athletes by Sport 1859 Winter Olympics 2018 Subject Index 1865 PyeongChang, South Korea 1837
Winter 2018 Paralympic Games Medalists 1844