UNTOLD TALES
The sports world may be in quarantine, but some stories of the spring are still worth telling. Here is the spotlight they all deserve.

DENI AVDIJA
Israel has a rich hoops history—but hasn’t produced an NBA star. A 19-yearold sleeper lottery pick could change that.
BY BEN PICKMAN

DIGGS BROTHERS
A familial bond has powered Stefon and Trevon Diggs to the top of the football world.
BY ALEX PREWITT

HAFþOR JÚLÍUS BJÖRNSSON
The World’s Strongest Man is thinking twice about what strength even means.
BY L . JON WERTHEIM

DEION SANDERS
The Hall of Famer uprooted his life to revive a moribund small school—and now he’s ushering in a new era for all HBCUs
BY JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR

MLB KIDS
Growing up as the boy or girl of a Boy of Summer meant cavorting in the clubhouse and unlocking the mysteries of the bleachers.
BY STEVE RUSHIN

ON THE BALL
Powerful on and off the court, Candace Parker is known for her advocacy, including executive-producing a documentary on Title IX.

FORGOTTEN HEROES
In the early years, they challenged bias and resistance—and their impact is still being felt.

TORCH CARRIERS
These nine leaders are today’s inspiring, influential voices echoing the spirit of Title IX.

BASEBALL NEEDS BUZZ
The game will look radically different over the next five years. Its future depends on it.
BY TOM VERDUCCI

CLUB VS. MAFIA
In Sicily, a small rugby outfit offers hope—and learns the cost of crossing the mob.
BY SEAN WILLIAMS

TAYLOR VS. SERRANO
For the first time in its history, Madison Square Garden will have a card headlined by a women’s bout.
BY CHRIS MANNIX AND GREG BISHOP

CONCACAF
Thanks to a young U.S. team and a surging Canadian squad, the region is more topsy-turvy than ever.
BY BRIAN STRAUS

QB CROSSROADS
A handful of teams have tough decisions to make on their young signalcallers. Should they commit or move on?
BY CONOR ORR

THE ODD COUPLE
Dean Smith and Bob Knight seemed like total opposites. And yet they forged one of the deepest friendships in sports.
BY L . JON WERTHEIM

L.A. SUPER BOWL
A look at why Hollywood and the Big Game are such a natural fit.
BY CHRIS NASHAWATY

VARSITY BLUES
A Texas tennis coach who got punished says the system got off.
BY L. JON WERTHEIM

STARKS PROBLEM
How it all went wrong for the Knicks one night in Houston in 1994.
BY CHRIS HERRING

TOM BRADY
Sixteen years after first winning, the ageless wonder becomes the third athlete to receive SI’s highest honor more than once.
BY L. JON WERTHEIM

THE YEAR IN PICTURES
Several all-time greats burnished their legacies, while a crop of rising young stars made their first marks in the history books.

THE NEW THROWS
Defenses threatened to overwhelm a generation of homogeneous passers. QBs were saved by an evolution.
BY CONOR ORR

SCOOT HENDERSON
He skipped a year of high school to sign a $1M deal with the G League Ignite. More kids are likely to do the same.
BY HOWARD BECK

PAUL MASSEY
The bloody rise and foreseeable fall—from soccer thug to gunned-down Godfather—of Manchester’s Mr. Big
BY REID FORGRAVE

GENERATION NEXT
A 2018 trade links two stars shaping the NBA’s future.
TRAE YOUNG
BY MICHAEL PINA
LUKA DONCˇIC´
BY MICHAEL SHAPIRO

SCOUTING REPORTS
Who’s up, who’s down and who’s intriguing no matter what. Breaking down the season by division.

MEMPHIS Penny
Hardaway, two star recruits and the most interesting program in college hoops.
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Shohei Ohtani
He’s Not the New Babe Ruth. He’s More Amazing Than That.
BY TOM VERDUCCI
PHOTOGRAPH BY KOHJIRO KINNO

3-POINT STANCE
As strategy and safety evolve, the game’s most elemental feature may be headed for extinction.
BY BRIAN BURNSED

DAK PRESCOTT
Dallas’s QB found a way to cope with stress and anxiety and come out stronger.
BY GREG BISHOP

NCAA MONOPOLY MEN
How did the College Football Playoff become a playground for just a few powerhouses?
BY ROSS DELLENGER

NFL SCOUTING REPORTS
Expect Patrick Mahomes to be in L.A. for SBLVI, against the hometown Rams.
BY CONOR ORR AND GARY GRAMLING

WAGER NATION
The view of legalized sports gambling from all the key angles: the bettors, the athletes and the leagues.

NFL FANTASY
Get draft-ready: Even after injuries ruined his ’20, Christian McCaffrey tops our preseason rankings.
BY MICHAEL FABIANO AND SHAWN CHILDS

BRINGING THEE HEAT - Rapper. Student. Cover model. Megan Thee Stallion does it all.

NAOMI FIERCE - Naomi Osaka is unyielding on and off the tennis court.

Guide to the Games
The venues, the facts and figures, the must-watches, the robots—here’s everything you need to get ready.

MEET TEAM USA
Some are fresh faces and some are familiar, but, at last, the wait is over for this diverse group of more than 500 athletes.

How the Gaming, Streaming, Content-Creating Giant FAZE CLAN
Is Redefining What It Means To Be a Team
By ROHAN NADKARNI

G LEAGUE IGNITE The NBA
initiative gives prospects an alternative to going to college or playing overseas. Will it survive?
BY CHRIS MANNIX

AZERBAIJAN
An outspoken journalist under an authoritarian regime was killed because of a social media post about soccer.
BY GRANT WAHL

THE W TURNS 25
The time has come to consider the tired arguments people give for not watching the league.
BY KATE FAGAN

ALEX SMITH
After a miraculous comeback from a lifethreatening injury, the QB found a reason to walk away.
BY GREG BISHOP

PRINCE
Speaking of that magical summer: It also saw the release of Purple Rain by a 5' 2" artist who could flat-out play ball.
BY L . JON WERTHEIM

TRIPLE DOUBLES
Is the gaudy stat line just a rapped-about statistical curiosity, or is it the sport’s holy grail?
BY ALEX PREWITT

RYAN LOCHTE
Now 36, the Olympian hopes that the Tokyo Games will allow him to rewrite his story.
BY BRIAN BURNSED

FRANCISCO LINDOR
New York’s new shortstop, aka Mr. Smile, has two simple goals: lead the Mets’ revival and save the game.
BY TOM VERDUCCI

HITTING PITCHERS
With the universal DH coming, let’s recall the free swingers, nonswingers and jacket-wearing runners.
BY STEVE RUSHIN

GONZAGA - Mark Few has built a major program at a small school. Could this be the year his Zags finally win it all?

QB POWER - In one week, three franchise quarterbacks exercised a level of clout typically reserved for NBA stars.

SUPER BOWL LOSERS
Curse, hangover or something much simpler? What’s behind the struggle to bounce back from losing on the biggest stage?
BY GREG BISHOP

SLED DOG MISSION
Almost a century ago, a tiny town in Alaskan territory quashed its own epidemic with a serum delivered by 20 sled drivers and 150 dogs
BY L . JON WERTHEIM

ANTHONY DAVIS
In his first season with the Lakers, the big man was the cheat code who propelled them to the title.
BY ROHAN NADKARNI

MICHAEL RUBIN
The billionaire Sixers owner and head of a fan gear empire uses his influence for a worthy cause.
BY L . JON WERTHEIM

JIMMY BUTLER
The most interesting man in the league is chasing a title—and he has a way of getting what he wants.
BY ROHAN NADKARNI

LEBRON JAMES
The 2020 Muhammad Ali Legacy Award winner put his considerable energy into inspiring young people to vote.
BY KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

PATRICK MAHOMES
A Super Bowl win cemented his status as the NFL’s top player, but what the QB did later truly elevated him.
BY DOUG WILLIAMS

High School Football, a Pandemic And the Pain of the Past: A Story of Survival in Small-Town America
BY BRIAN BURNSED

KIDS ON THE EDGE
The Trojans of Dougherty High in Albany, Ga., are a prism into issues far beyond football.

JOSH ALLEN In his third season, the Bills quarterback is making big plays, winning big games and silencing his doubters. BY GREG BISHOP

JAMES WISEMAN Since the NCAA benched him at Memphis, he’s been training and studying to become the ultimate modern NBA big man. BY CHRIS MANNIX

T.J. WATT
As defenses look to force turnovers to slow the scoring boom, the Steelers linebacker has the strip sack down to a science.
BY JENNY VRENTAS

MASKS
To cover up or not? It’s long been a hot-button issue, predating even the spat between a couple of the NHL’s venerable goalies.
BY STEVE RUSHIN

KELCE BROTHERS
The bond between the Chiefs and Eagles stars has made them better players.
BY ROBERT O’CONNELL

ADAM SILVER
The NBA commissioner talks bubble, coronavirus and social justice.
BY CHRIS MANNIX

WEARABLE TECH
Can the device on your wrist flag COVID-19 warnings? Leagues are betting yes.
BY EMMA BACCELLIERI

LAMAR JACKSON
As the MVP preps for an encore, he’s creating a new generation of QBs like him.
BY JENNY VRENTAS

GOATS ON THE MOVE
What can Tom Brady learn from Joe Montana’s twilight run in Kansas City?
BY CONOR ORR

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Featuring
Josephine Skriver, Halima Aden, Anne de Paula, Camille Kostek, Anita Marshall and Kelsey Merritt
Photographs by Kate Powers

SCRUB ISLAND
Featuring
Samantha Hoopes, Lorena Duran, Robin Holzken, Valentina Sampaio, Olivia Brower and Haley Kalil
Photographs by Josie Clough

GAMES CHANGED
Leagues and events are coming back soon (we think), but it won’t be business as usual inside or outside the lines.
BY L . JON WERTHEIM AND STEPHANIE APSTEIN

CHURCH AND SAINTS
A troubling question in New Orleans: Why has the local NFL team aided the Catholic archdiocese’s PR handling of its abuse scandal?
BY JENNY VRENTAS

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