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King Carl had long, golden reign

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 30, 2000

"The whole thing is that the [track] athletes were treated like dirt. None of them ever spoke up. I was not going to be treated that way. I was not taught that way. I was not raised that way. I saw professional basketball. I saw baseball. I saw football and I knew how they were being treated. I said, 'Why can't track be the same way?'" says Carl Lewis on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Carl Lewis has always amazed us. By distinguishing himself in two seemingly simple actions -- jum ...

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