by Jim Murray

The top men and women of the sports world written about as only the late, great sports columnist Jim Murray could. In October, the Los Angeles Times will be publishing a second collection of columns by our beloved sportswriter Jim Murray. There are columns on such popular and acclaimed players as Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle; Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale; Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan; John Elway; Muhammad Ali; Ben Hogan; Arnold Palmer; Tiger Woods; Wayne Gretzky; Martina Navratilova; Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner Kersee. You know each of these accomplished and decorated athletes; and you'll know the other 95 men and women whom Murray has profiled in his warm, funny and inimitable way.