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Meet SI's Sort-of Surprise Sportsperson of the Year

Deion Sanders Just Took
Home a Top SI Honor

Dec 1, 2023 10:51 AM CST

Deion Sanders Just Took Home a Top SI Honor

Not many with 4-8 record would earn Sportsperson of the Year, but Colorado Buffaloes coach just did

(Newser) - Former NFL and MLB player Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year, a choice that has some cheering and others scratching their heads. "Coach Prime is here, and he's just getting started," the magazine tweeted on Thursday of the 56-year-old ex-cornerback, now...

Sports Illustrated Accused
of Using Fake Writers

investigation

Nov 27, 2023 2:03 PM CST

Sports Illustrated Accused of Using Fake Writers

'Futurism' says magazine is publishing AI-generated stories under bogus names

(Newser) - Sports Illustrated writer Drew Ortiz seems like a nice enough chap. "Drew has spent much of his life outdoors, and is excited to guide you through his never-ending list of the best products to keep you from falling to the perils of nature," reads his bio (since deleted...

Valentina Sampaio
Makes History

Jul 11, 2020 12:30 PM CDT

Valentina Sampaio Makes History

Valentina Sampaio is the first trans model to appear in SI's exclusive swimsuit edition

(Newser) - Valentina Sampaio has smashed yet another barrier. The 23-year-old beauty is now the first transgender model to appear in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, Vogue reports. "I was filled with so many emotions of happiness when I heard the news. The feeling was surreal," she tells People . "...

Tyra Banks Returns to the Swimsuit Issue

History-Making Tyra Banks
Is Back for the Swimsuit Issue

May 8, 2019 10:25 AM CDT

History-Making Tyra Banks Is Back for the Swimsuit Issue

She was the first black woman ever to be featured on the cover alone

(Newser) - More than two decades after Tyra Banks made history as the first black woman to appear solo on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue , she's back on the cover for her third appearance, People reports. The 45-year-old came out of modeling retirement to shoot the cover. Inside...

8th-Grade Football Star
Featured in Sports Illustrated
Shot Dead at Party

May 6, 2019 4:40 AM CDT

8th-Grade Football Star Featured in Sports Illustrated Shot Dead at Party

Jaylon McKenzie was 14

(Newser) - In November, Sports Illustrated featured 14-year-old football sensation Jaylon McKenzie as one of "Six Teens Who Will Rule the Future in Sports." Less than six months later, he was dead. Police say the eighth-grader was fatally shot after leaving a party in the southern Illinois city of Venice...

SI Swimsuit Issue Model Is 3rd Black Woman to Grace Cover

Rookie Model Nabs SI
Swimsuit Issue Cover

Feb 13, 2018 8:41 AM CST

Rookie Model Nabs SI Swimsuit Issue Cover

Danielle Herrington, 24, is also the 3rd black woman to grace Swimsuit Issue's cover

(Newser) - Danielle Herrington is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model for 2018. The magazine revealed its swimsuit edition cover Tuesday. Herrington is the third black woman to appear on the cover of the annual issue that launched in 1964, the AP reports. Beyonce appeared on the cover in 2007, while...

Sports Illustrated Predicted Astros Win on 2014 Cover

In 2014, Sports Illustrated
Predicted Year, MVP
of Astros' Series Win

WORLD SERIES

Nov 2, 2017 2:09 AM CDT

In 2014, Sports Illustrated Predicted Year, MVP of Astros' Series Win

The jinx may have been broken

(Newser) - What jinx? Sports Illustrated boldly predicted an Astros' World Series title on its cover in 2014—after Houston had lost more than 100 games for three straight years—proclaiming: "Your 2017 World Series Champs." It featured a picture of George Springer in a bright Astros jersey. It proved...

MLB Pitcher's Tragic Struggle
to Fit In, Succeed, Find Peace

LONGFORM

Aug 4, 2017 9:36 AM CDT

MLB Pitcher's Tragic Struggle to Fit In, Succeed, Find Peace

The sad, conflicted life of Hideki Irabu, who killed himself in 2011

(Newser) - He was known as the "Japanese Nolan Ryan" for how fast he could hurl a ball. But more unflattering descriptions eventually found their way to MLB's Hideki Irabu, leading to a downward spiral that culminated in his 2011 suicide . In his look at Irabu for Sports Illustrated , Ben...

Kate Upton Gets 3 Separate
SI Swimsuit Issue Covers

Feb 15, 2017 8:38 AM CST

Kate Upton Gets 3 Separate SI Swimsuit Issue Covers

Because she's Kate Upton, naturally (and because it's her 3rd time on the cover)

(Newser) - Third time's a charm for Kate Upton. Actually, every time on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has been a charm for Kate Upton, which is probably why the magazine asked her back after two other successful cover appearances. SI made its heart-pounding announcement on (appropriately enough)...

SI's Cover Model
Is 63 Years Old

Feb 7, 2017 10:08 AM CST

SI's Cover Model Is 63 Years Old

Of course, she's also Christie Brinkley

(Newser) - Christie Brinkley first posed for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue in 1979. Almost four decades later, she's back for "one last go." The 63-year-old ex-supermodel is featured in the issue hitting newsstands on Feb. 15 in a red bikini and in a black one-piece next to daughters,...

Kaepernick Cripples His
Own Message by Not Voting

OPINION

Nov 10, 2016 8:51 AM CST

Kaepernick Cripples His Own Message by Not Voting

Quarterback takes flak for skipping Election Day

(Newser) - Colin Kaepernick blew it by not voting on Tuesday, writes Melissa Jacobs at Sports Illustrated . His take-a-knee protests of police brutality during the national anthem have been "gutsy" and "heroic," she writes, but his decision to skip Election Day is a "huge miss." The NFL...

Ali to Get His 40th
Sports Illustrated Cover

Jun 4, 2016 9:12 AM CDT

Ali to Get His 40th Sports Illustrated Cover

A 'singular force'

(Newser) - Muhammad Ali will be on the June 13 cover of Sports Illustrated for the 40th time—featuring a photo shot by Neil Leifer while Ali trained in Miami Beach in 1970, reports AP . The decision comes in the wake of Ali's death at age 74 . "Muhammad Ali was...

Caitlyn Jenner
to Pose Nude
for SI Cover

May 5, 2016 3:57 AM CDT

Caitlyn Jenner to Pose Nude for SI Cover

She's celebrating the 40th anniversary of Olympic gold

(Newser) - To celebrate the 40th anniversary of her decathlon world record at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Caitlyn Jenner will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated wearing her gold medal—and not much else. A source tells Us Weekly that Jenner will be on the cover wearing "nothing but an...

In Sheryl Sandberg's
Dark Hour, There
Was ... Serena

the rundown

Dec 14, 2015 4:40 PM CST

In Sheryl Sandberg's Dark Hour, There Was ... Serena

Tennis great wins Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year

(Newser) - Sports Illustrated bestows its Sportsperson of the Year award on "the athlete or team whose performance that year embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." And for more than three decades, that sportsperson has been a sportsman. No more. This year the crown has gone to Serena...

In Sports Illustrated:
Plus-Size Model
in Tiny Bikini

Feb 4, 2015 7:05 PM CST

In Sports Illustrated: Plus-Size Model in Tiny Bikini

It's a first for the mag

(Newser) - Sports Illustrated's vaunted "Swimsuit Issue" hits newsstands Monday, and there's a whole lot of buzz being generated about one of the bikini-clad models who appears in it: Ashley Graham, who happens to be a size 16. She marks the first inclusion of a plus-size model in the...

Mo'ne Davis:
Ahead of the
Boys, for Now

Aug 21, 2014 1:47 PM CDT

Mo'ne Davis: Ahead of the Boys, for Now

Sports Illustrated cover aside, she's got long odds ahead of her

(Newser) - Even though Mo'ne Davis's incredible 70mph pitch is on this week's Sports Illustrated cover , it doesn't seem likely that the teen phenom has a baseball career ahead of her. "The most likely scenario is that Davis has no future in professional baseball," writes Amanda...

SI Swimsuit Model:
Weightless Kate Upton

Feb 19, 2014 10:37 AM CST

SI Swimsuit Model: Weightless Kate Upton

She's photographed on zero gravity flight

(Newser) - Kate Upton's breasts are even perkier than usual in the photos taken for Sports Illustrated's 2014 Swimsuit Issue —because she modeled while flying in zero gravity. Upton went on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight in March 2013, where she experienced weightlessness and was photographed while floating through...

OSU Football Players
Handed Envelopes of Cash

investigation

Sep 10, 2013 3:21 PM CDT

OSU Football Players Handed Envelopes of Cash

Club bent rules, gave players bonuses up to 25K: Sports Illustrated

(Newser) - Oklahoma State University is in hot water, and the temperature may only rise. Sports Illustrated today ran part one of a five-part series on the Cowboys and "the measures that a program will take to become elite." The magazine's 10-month investigation saw it talk to 64 former...

Kate Upton
Freezes for Sake
of Sports Illustrated

swimsuit issue

Feb 12, 2013 7:25 AM CST

Kate Upton Freezes for Sake of Sports Illustrated

Cover shot features her in Antarctica, barely clad

(Newser) - For the second year running , Kate Upton graces the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue . And this year, the apparently sadistic SI bosses thought it would be fun to make the 20-year-old stand, in bikini bottoms and an unzipped jacket, in icy Antarctica for the cover shoot. Upton was...

YouTube Star Kate Upton Is
Sports Illustrated Bikini Babe

Feb 14, 2012 5:03 AM CST

YouTube Star Kate Upton Is Sports Illustrated Bikini Babe

19-year-old shot to cover following 'Dougie' video

(Newser) - Victoria's Secret model and YouTube starlet Kate Upton flashes a wild bikini on this week's cover as Sports Illustrated's much-awaited annual swimsuit babe. Upton, a 19-year-old Floridian, was named the top "rookie" model in last year's Swimsuit Issue by the mag. This time she poses...