The AP has covered every major sporting event and athlete of the last 100 years with its team of sports writers and photographers -- dissected them, analyzed them, and become the authority on them. Some of the greatest and most honored pieces in sports journalism have been written and photographed by the AP, and The Sports 100 was drawn from this body of work. Its subject is the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century, according to the AP Sports Writers' Poll.