Most Thrilling Players of All-Time

Never mind the nine Olympic gold medals. Never mind the four consecutive golds in the long jump. Where King Carl was unsurpassed was with a baton in his hand on the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay. There is no moment in track and field that ignites a crowd quite like when the stick is passed on the final turn and no sprinter was more incendiary than Lewis. His anchor at Barcelona in the 1992 Olympics may have been the most compelling ever, reducing a stadium to exhausted awe.