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ESPN has not done a list of the greatest athletes in the world which would have included stars like Pele and Maradonna but it did do a list of the best North American athletes of the last decade with Michael Jordan as number 1 with number 2 through 5 being Babe Ruth, Muhammed Ali, Jim Brown and Wayne Gretzky
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