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Michael LeBrecht II
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If anyone can understand how Aaron Hernandez went from NFL stardom to life in prison for murder, it’s his older brother, D.J., whose perspective cost him a way of living
Robert Beck
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A decade ago he smoked his way into becoming an NFL punch line; now 20 NFL teams play in states where some form of marijuana is legal—and that number will grow. A pothead reputation, Williams has found, is not such a bad thing
Courtesy of 60 Minutes Sports
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In an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes Sports and Sports Illustrated, Marshawn Lynch discusses retirement, life after NFL.
Yu Tsai
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The five-time world player of the year shares his excitement about playing in the U.S. during Copa América—and how he hopes the trip ends Argentina’s trophy drought
Robert Beck/SI
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Bryant’s Hall of Fame career with the Lakers was so long and so decorated that even “The short version” could go on for pages and pages. With Bryant heading into retirement this week, here’s a year-by-year retrospective tracing his journey from teenage rookie to living legend.
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One of the most iconic players in baseball history, Jackie Robinson was a Hall of Famer and a hero for his exploits on the field with the Dodgers and for breaking the game’s color barrier in 1947. In honor of one of the all-time greats, here’s a timeline of some of his greatest moments, plays and achievements.
Damian Strohmeyer/SI
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We’ve been there for all the big games. Relive the most memorable moments with SI as we take you back in time with our greatest photos from every Super Bowl.
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After flirting with history, the ’85 Chicago Bears tempted fate with a memorable music video
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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The 2015 Sportsperson of the Year fell short of the Grand Slam in 2015, but she continues to make a case as the sport’s GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
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Long before the Kick Six, Alabama’s Van Tiffin capped an Iron Bowl that remains unforgettable
Richard Mackson for Sports Illustrated
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Don Denkinger’s errant ruling in Game 6 changed the course of the World Series—and has been a part of the umpire’s life ever since
Photos by Focus On Sport/Getty Images
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Fiery Yankees skipper Billy Martin’s fight with his own pitcher was one for the ages
Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated
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Just 20, pitching prodigy Dwight Gooden delivered a season for the ages
The Birth of a League
Reporting by Grant Wahl and Brian Straus, Compiled by Alexander Abnos
07.29.15
Marty Lederhandler/AP
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Key figures from MLS's inaugural season relive the league's humble beginnings
Paul Spinelli
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The strange finale of the fun, upstart league on a rainy night in the Meadowlands
Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated
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How Magic, Kareem and the Lakers finally beat Bird's Celtics
Donald Miralle for Sports Illustrated
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I was 42 and 6’1”, with small hands and one huge obsession.
I had no idea what I was in for.
YouTube (12)
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Thirty years after the Knicks landed Georgetown’s big man, the first Draft Lottery remains a seminal—and much dissected—moment in NBA history
Richard Mackson for Sports Illustrated
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Villanova's NCAA Final victory over Georgetown shook the sport and transformed the lives of the Wildcats coaches and players
Ken Regan/Camera 5
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Just 18 when he turned pro, Mike Tyson was boxing’s ultimate destroyer. He remains its ultimate survivor
Roger Crowley/CrowleyPhotos.com
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The author, a longtime SI writer, looked at the revived American Basketball Association and thought, fatefully, Even I could be an owner. The rest is history (with a moose mascot): The crazy, joyful, mournful tale of the Vermont Frost Heaves
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Indiana coach Bob Knight's infamous chair toss was just 'Bobby being Bobby'—which is also what led, in time, to The General's downfall
George Goikovich/Getty Images
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For Dan Marino, Super Bowl XIX was supposed to be just the beginning. 'Next time' would never come
Photographs by Marvin E. Newman/Sports Illustrated
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There was no action in the TCU locker room before the 1957 Cotton Bowl, but what Marvin Newman photographed there is as close to the essence of sports as anything that happens on a playing field
John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated (Domantas); Brian Drake for Sports Illustrated (Arvydas); FIBA archives (action)
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Gonzaga coaches traveled to Spain and Turkey to sign freshman forward Domantas Sabonis. But that was nothing compared with what LSU coach Dale Brown went through in 1986, when he tried to lure Domantas’s father, Arvydas, from behind the Iron Curtain to Baton Rouge
Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated
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For the more than 100,000 students on U.S. youth, public school and college teams who have no stable place to live, sports provide a way to survive - and even thrive
Larry Goren/Four Season Images/AP (2)
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Twenty-five years after Donnie Moore's death, it's time to dispel the myth that the pitcher killed himself because of a playoff home run. The truth is both darker and more relatable
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In a series of revealing interviews, the most familiar ballplayer ever reflects on what has changed in the game (lots) and in himself (little) over two decades in the New York glare
Duane Burleson/AP
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Seven years ago undersung Appalachian State brought down the Big House—and rocked college football—with a season-opening upset of Michigan. Now, with the teams poised to meet again, some Mountaineers share their memories of the momentous moment
Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated
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For even the most competitive athlete, the transition game is never easy. So what drives Kobe Bryant at age 36, as he comes off serious injury and prepares for his 19th NBA season—and all that lies beyond?
Neil Leifer for Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer talks about his favorite boxing pictures, which include Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and others.
Darren Carroll for Sports Illustrated
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’Tis the season when pro rodeo riders punish their bodies and endure endless miles of bad road and worse food for just eight seconds on the back of an angry horse—with no guaranteed pay—and consider it a gift
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Players from an indiginous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon have brought their own style and heart to the pitch, even as they struggle for acceptance in that soccer-mad nation
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Can Houston’s radical rebuilding project—featuring a Nerd Cave led by a blackjack dealer turned rocket scientist—actually work? Maybe sooner than you think
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Sixteen years after his first world Cup experience as a lonely U.S. supporter, the author traveled with his star-spangled buddies to this year’s cup in Brazil and discovered the brave new world of American soccer fandom
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In waging the most glorious Triple Crown campaign ever, Secretariat made racing history in 1973. In the doing, he took the author on an unforgettably exhilarating ride
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Memorial Day weekend is motor racing’s annual showcase. But last year, far from the spotlight of Indy or NASCAR, three men driven only by their love of racing came up against the perils of the nation’s small-time dirt tracks
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An epic playoff series 35 years ago turned on a single penalty that forever altered hockey’s most enduring rivalry
Bill Serne/Tampa Bay Times
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One ill-fated 1982 phone call jump-started the NFL's longest run of ineptitude. The bizarre and calamitous story of Booker Reese only got worse from there
Photo Illustration by Nicole Zigmont
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In the early 1990s, a team from a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania embarked on a harrowing streak, bringing pain and joy and bonding a group of men together forever
Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated (Mourning and Mueller);
John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated (floor)
John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated (floor)
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Princeton’s near-upset of Georgetown in a 1989 first-round game made sure Cinderella would always get invited to the ball
Photographs by Landon Nordeman for Sports Illustrated (Bass: PM Images)
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For anglers everywhere, the Bassmaster Classic is the ultimate fish story
Thomas Lovelock for Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated's Alexander Wolff looks back at an Olympics built from scratch and weighs how the 2014 Games—at which the security held and the competition shone—played out in the eyes of the world
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Sochi is close to Russia’s disputed border with Georgia and to the political tinderbox of the north Caucasus. Just how secure can these Games be?
Mitchell Gunn/ESPA/Cal Sport Media
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Already drawing comparisons with Lindsey Vonn, U.S. prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin, 18-years-old and skiing in her first Olympics, is a once-in-a-lifetime talent.
Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated
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Once the dominant force in international play, Russian hockey hasn’t been the same since the demise of the Soviet Union.
Portraits by Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated
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On skates, skis, sleds or boards, America's athletes are the very image of Olympic dedication and desire.
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
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The 230 U.S. athletes in Sochi embody the realities and challenges of today's America
Photo Illustration by Nicole Zigmont
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How a drum major known as Tommy the Toe begat the best (Bono, Jacko, Jagger) and worst (Up With People!) segment of every Super Bowl Sunday
Courtesy of Richard Juilliart/FIBA
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From Tokyo to Rio to Istanbul, FIBA’s new three-on-three World Tour showcases halfcourt hoopsters from around the world—as the game makes a drive for Olympic inclusion
Heinz Kluetmeier for Sports Illustrated
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Fourteen-year-old Jack Wellman of Newtown, Connecticut, has demonstrated resilience and compassion beyond his years in earning the 2013 SportsKid of the Year award
David Bergman for Sports Illustrated
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He prayed. He won. And then he disappeared. Will we ever see Tim Tebow in the NFL again?
Courtesy of Temple University(left); NY Daily News/Getty Images
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Jesse Owens wasn’t afraid of Adolf Hitler or Jim Crow, but he feared
Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated
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Jeff Lukas was the top assistant to his legendary father, thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas. One morning at Santa Anita, site of this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, he stood in the path of a charging horse and lost everything. Or did he?
Ronald C. Modra for Sports Illustrated
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Defying Ditka—and all logic—Jim McMahon delivered one of the most memorable and gutsiest performances of his career on a Thursday night in September 1985.
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Bison Dele, once known as Brian Williams, left the NBA behind to explore the world. His quest carried him to a mysterious end near Tahiti. More than a decade later, his spirit sails on.