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Calling Serena Williams the GOAT doesn't reflect her impact on sports and society |Opinion

There are any number of ways to measure greatness for an athlete. The titles won, the records broken, the years played.

Even taken together, those would not be enough to do Serena Williams justice.

She will be remembered as one of the greatest athletes of all time for her triumphs on the court, of course. But she will be celebrated, and cherished, long after her career ends for the way she forced society to change how it sees and appreciates women, Black women in particular.

“I don’t particularly like to think about my legacy.