Just in case I failed to lose most of my core audience of readers by covering the World Cup for the first half of this assignment, now apparently my aim is to finish the job. Anyone can give you a list of greats in the so-called major sports. Who else is going to represent the little guy? After propping up one sport which gains popularity and viewers every four years, it is only appropriate that I finish off with another one. Track & Field will never be on SportsCenter for anything other than a world record or Olympic finals blurb, but I am here to highlight my dream team nonetheless.

100m/Long Jump: Carl Lewis is an appropriate choice to start off the team because of his status as the most recognizable T&F athlete in the United States. The 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles were his coming out party as he took home gold in the 100, 200, 4x100 and long jump. When his superiority in the 100 was challenged in 1991 (Leroy Burrell held the world record) he responded with a 9.86 at the World Championships.

In that same meet he might have experienced his greatest disappointment. The ghost of Bob Beamon's mythical, altitude aided 29'2