"word ""Linsanity"", the excitement over the unheralded Lin. Time.com ran an article titled, ""It's Official: Linsanity Is for Real"". Hall of Fame player Magic Johnson said, ""The excitement [Lin] has caused in [Madison Square] Garden, man, I hadn't seen that in a long time."" He appeared on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" with the headline ""Against All Odds"", which the ""Times"" called ""the greatest tribute"". He also made the cover of ""Time"" in Asia; ""Forbes"" wrote, ""Congratulations Jeremy. You have now made the cover of ""Time"" the same number of times as Michael Jordan. Linsanity reigns on."" Lin's story was"
"the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx. Most covers by athlete, 1954–2016 Most covers by team, 1954 – May 2008 Most covers by sport, 1954–2009 Celebrities on the cover, 1954–2010 Fathers and sons who have been featured on the cover Presidents who have been featured on the cover Tribute covers (In Memoriam) ""Sports Illustrated"" has helped launched a number of related publishing ventures, including: Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation. First published in August 1954, it has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million people each week, including over 18 million men."
"Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation. First published in August 1954, it has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million people each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. It is also known for its annual swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, and has spawned other complementary media works and products. There were two magazines named ""Sports Illustrated"" before the current magazine began on August 16, 1954. In 1936,"
"issue into a media phenomenon by featuring ""bigger and healthier"" California women and printing the names of the models with their photos, beginning a new supermodel era. In the 1950s, a few women appeared on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"", but the 1964 issue is considered to be the beginning of the current format known as the Swimsuit Issue. In 1997, Tyra Banks was the first black woman on the cover. Since 1997, the swimsuit issue has been a stand-alone edition, separate from the regular weekly magazine. Female athletes have appeared in swimsuit shoots. Steffi Graf appeared in 1997. In"
"grown and his photos have appeared on the covers and inside pages of ""Sports Illustrated, Life, Time, People, Newsweek, Business Week, Bloomberg, Der Stern, Der Spiegel, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe,"" and ""Readers Digest"". One of the highlights of his career is a photograph he took of Cal Ripken Jr after he broke Lou Gehrig's record for the most consecutive games played, which later appeared on the cover for ""Sports Illustrated"" in 1995. In the summer of 2011, one of his images was selected for exhibition in the Art of Photography Show in San Diego. In the summer of 2012, Paganelli was"
"twice (1959, 1960). Sears spent the 1961–62 season in the short-lived American Basketball League. Ken Sears Kenneth Robert Sears (August 17, 1933 – April 23, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He was the first basketball player on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue. A 6'9"" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight seasons (1955–1961, 1962–1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors. He averaged 13.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in his NBA career, appearing as an"
"the Associated Press voted him the greatest basketball player of the 20th century. Jordan has also appeared on the front cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" a record 50 times. In the September 1996 issue of ""Sport"", which was the publication's 50th-anniversary issue, Jordan was named the greatest athlete of the past 50 years. Jordan's athletic leaping ability, highlighted in his back-to-back Slam Dunk Contest championships in 1987 and 1988, is credited by many people with having influenced a generation of young players. Several current NBA players—including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade—have stated that they considered Jordan their role model while they"
"Ali Legacy Award. The annual award was originally created in 2008 and honors former ""sports figures who embody the ideals of sportsmanship, leadership and philanthropy as vehicles for changing the world."" Ali first appeared on the magazine's cover in 1963 and went on to be featured on numerous covers during his storied career. His widow, Lonnie Ali, is consulted when choosing a recipient. In 2017, football quarterback Colin Kaepernick was honored with the Award, which was presented by Beyoncé. The following list contains the athletes with most covers. The magazine's cover is the basis of a sports myth known as"
"the University of Louisville, it was found that out of the 716 regular Sports Illustrated magazines published between 2000 and 2011, only 35 of the covers featured female athletes. These surprising numbers have gotten increasingly worse considering between 1954 and 1965 women were given about 12.6% of cover images, according to the study. According to Walter Bingham,""SI"" writer and editor, many people want to do away with the swimsuit edition but it is their biggest money maker so they never could. About the evolution of the magazine,“the suits got skimpier and skimpier, the models’ attributes bigger and bigger,” Bingham wrote"
"the cover of ""People"" magazine's first ""50 Most Beautiful People in the World"" issue. She was again featured on the cover of the annual issue in 1999, having made the ""Most Beautiful"" list a record six times during the decade (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). Pfeiffer is the first celebrity to have appeared on the cover of the annual issue twice, and the only person to be featured on the cover twice during the 1990s. ""Men's Health"" ranked Pfeiffer the 45th on their list of ""The Hottest Woman of All Time"". Famous for being very ""press-shy"" and private, much"
"against SeaWorld separating baby Orca from their mothers. Marisa Miller Marisa Lee Miller (née Bertetta; born August 6, 1978) is an American model and actress best known for her appearances in the ""Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue"" and her work for Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines such as ""Vogue"", Miller began working for both companies in 2002. In 2007, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel, and appeared on the cover of the 2008 ""Sports Illustrated"" Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers. Her accomplishments have led to her being dubbed the ""return of the great"
"the 2003 issue, tennis player Serena Williams and figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva were featured inside the magazine. In 2016, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey became the first female athlete to appear on the cover. However, Anna Kournikova appeared in an inset on the 2004 cover, and had a photo spread within its pages. In 2005, Olympic gold medalists Amanda Beard and Jennie Finch, along with Lauren Jackson and Venus Williams, were featured. Maria Sharapova appeared in an inset on the 2006 cover and had a spread inside. In spring 2006, ""Sports Illustrated"" chose music as the theme for the 2007 issue."
"Ken Sears Kenneth Robert Sears (August 17, 1933 – April 23, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He was the first basketball player on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue. A 6'9"" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight seasons (1955–1961, 1962–1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors. He averaged 13.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in his NBA career, appearing as an NBA All-Star in and . Sears also led the NBA in field goal percentage"
"cover jinx in a 2002 issue that featured a black cat on its cover. While the list of ""examples"" of the so-called jinx may be extensive, records contradict the existence of a curse. Sports Illustrated cover jinx The ""Sports Illustrated"" so-called cover jinx is an urban legend that states that individuals or teams who appear on the cover of the ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine will subsequently be jinxed (experience bad luck). A common explanation for the perceived effect is that athletes are generally featured on the cover after an exceptionally good performance, which might be an outlier compared to their usual"
"increased to AUD 4 million. Upon winning the 2009 French Open and completing the career Grand Slam, Federer became the first individual male tennis player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated since Andre Agassi in 1999. He was also the first non-American player to appear on the cover of the magazine since Stefan Edberg in 1992. Federer again made the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" following his record breaking 8th Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam of 2017, becoming the first male tennis player to be featured on the cover since himself in 2009. Federer's versatility has been described by"
"Christie Brinkley Christie Brinkley (born Christie Lee Hudson; February 2, 1954) is an American model, actress and businesswoman. Brinkley gained worldwide fame with her appearances in the late 1970s ""Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues"", ultimately appearing on an unprecedented three consecutive covers starting in 1979. She spent twenty-five years as the face of CoverGirl, has appeared on over 500 magazine covers, and has signed contracts with major brands—both fashion and non-fashion. Brinkley went on to work as an actress, illustrator, television personality, photographer, writer, designer, and activist for human and animal rights and the environment. Brinkley has been married four times,"
"for the ""St. Louis Globe Democrat"" as well as director of Fox Movietone News. Darst’s first cousin is Thomas French, Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist for the ""St. Petersburg Times"". Her great uncle was Joseph Darst, mayor of St. Louis from 1949-1953. Darst’s mother, Doris Jeanne Gissy, was, at age 14, the youngest person to appear on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"". Gissy appeared on the magazine's cover in August 1956 for horse riding along with her sister Ruth Gissy. Her memoir, ""Fiction Ruined My Family"", was published in October 2011 by Riverhead Books. It was excerpted in the October 2011"
"Gary Smith (sportswriter) Gary Smith (born October 27, 1953) is an American sportswriter. He is best known for his lengthy human interest stories in ""Sports Illustrated"", where he worked from 1983 to 2013. Smith worked as a sportswriter for the ""Wilmington News Journal"", the ""Philadelphia Daily News"", the ""New York Daily News"", and ""Inside Sports"" before joining ""Sports Illustrated"". His writing has also appeared in ""Time"", ""Rolling Stone"", and ""Esquire"". For many years, Smith's role as senior writer at ""Sports Illustrated"" has been to write four lengthy feature articles per year, most of which are in-depth personality profiles. His wife,"
"Sports Illustrated colleague Franz Lidz. Three of them appear under the title ""Piscopo Agonistes"" in the 2000 collection ""Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor"". Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In ""S.I."", Rushin, referring to Wilt Chamberlain's claim that he had slept with over 20,000 women, wrote that he had slept with more than 7,000 women in a single night. He was referring to a WNBA game he supposedly watched that put everyone to sleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. ""She"
"proposal to eliminate the Selective Service System. In 2015, ""Sports Illustrated"" renamed its Sportsman Legacy Award to the ""Sports Illustrated""'s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. The annual award was originally created in 2008 and honors former ""sports figures who embody the ideals of sportsmanship, leadership and philanthropy as vehicles for changing the world."" Ali first appeared on the magazine's cover in 1963 and went on to be featured on numerous covers during his storied career. Ali is regarded by boxing commentators and historians as one of the greatest fighters of all time. ""Ring Magazine"", a prominent boxing magazine, named him number"
"Walter Iooss Walter Iooss Jr. (; born May 15, 1943) is an American photographer best known for his award-winning images of sports' greatest athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kelly Slater, Tiger Woods, Scottie Pippen, and Muhammad Ali. He has been called ""the poet laureate of sports."" Iooss began his career shooting for ""Sports Illustrated"" and has contributed to the magazine for more than 50 years. He has also photographed for the magazine's Swimsuit Issue for four decades. He is represented by Stockland Martel. Born in Temple, Texas, Walter Iooss moved at the age of five from Temple to East Orange, New"
"photography at Sports Illustrated told The New York Times. His picture of Ben Hogan playing a 1-iron shot to the green at the 72nd hole of the 1950 US Open was ranked by ""Sports Illustrated"" as one of the greatest sports photographs of the twentieth century. ""Instead of following every other shooter to the green, Hy hung back and took his shot from behind Hogan,"" recalled longtime ""Sports Illustrated"" photographer Neil Leifer in an essay in the magazine. ""You don't even see Hogan's face, yet it's all there: that perfect swing, his signature cap, the crowd. It's one of the"
"Sports Illustrated: Exposure Sports Illustrated: Exposure (, Library of Congress Control Number 2006900231) is a collection of photographs taken by photographer Raphael Mazzucco in the summer of 2005. The photo shoot spanned nine days on a Caribbean island with eight ""Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue"" cover models. The 144-page book was published in 2006, several months after the release of the 2006 Swimsuit Issue. All the models that were featured on the cover were part of this book. The shoot was a ""reunion shoot"" featuring models such as: Elsa Benítez, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Rachel Hunter, Elle Macpherson, Carolyn Murphy, Daniela Peštová, Rebecca"
"a record 25-year contract with cosmetics brand CoverGirl, one of the longest modeling contracts in history. In 2005, CoverGirl again signed Brinkley, using her in ads in magazines and TV commercials for mature skin products. Brinkley appeared on three consecutive ""Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue"" covers (1979, 1980 and 1981) – the first time that had happened – and appeared in the publication's annual swimsuit issues and television specials for years to follow. Brinkley was featured exclusively in the first ""Sports Illustrated Calendar"" and also released two of her own calendars. In 2005, Brinkley was featured in the special ""Sports Illustrated"
"Marisa Miller Marisa Lee Miller (née Bertetta; born August 6, 1978) is an American model and actress best known for her appearances in the ""Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue"" and her work for Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines such as ""Vogue"", Miller began working for both companies in 2002. In 2007, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel, and appeared on the cover of the 2008 ""Sports Illustrated"" Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers. Her accomplishments have led to her being dubbed the ""return of the great American supermodel."" She is known for contracts with"
"to get a decisive cover shot that would be on newsstands and in mailboxes only a few days later. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, during Gil Rogin's term as Managing Editor, the feature stories of Frank Deford became the magazine's anchor. ""Bonus pieces"" on Pete Rozelle, Woody Hayes, Bear Bryant, Howard Cosell and others became some of the most quoted sources about these figures, and Deford established a reputation as one of the best writers of the time. Maya Moore of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx was the inaugural winner of the ""Sports Illustrated"" Performer of the Year Award"
"that record breaking moment is one of baseball's most famous photos. After International News Photo went out of business, Scharfman joined the staff of ""Sports Illustrated"". Although his photographs graced the magazine's cover fifteen times in a ten-year span, he is best known for a photo in which he appears—Neil Leifer's shot of Muhammad Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston in their 1964 rematch. Scharfman was directly across the ring from Leifer, appearing between the legs of Ali in the iconic image. Lefier later said, ""Herbie Scharfman was one of the greats, but on that night, he was in"
"Traditionally loaded with long-form feature writing and occasionally columns, the annual book is considered a must-read by many sports writers, though the reach of its influence is debatable. Authors who have appeared in the series five or more times in its 20-year history are: Gary Smith (12 times), Charles P. Pierce (eight times), Steve Friedman (10 times), S.L. Price (nine times), William Nack (seven times), Rick Reilly (seven times), Roger Angell (six times), Pat Jordan (six times), Linda Robertson (six times), Rick Telander (six times), Mark Kram Jr. (five times), Bill Plaschke (five times), Peter Richmond (five times), Paul Solotaroff"
"ran the 40 in 4.65 seconds, did a standing long jump of 10' 3"", leaped vertically 30"" and bench-pressed 225 pounds an unheard-of 39 times"". He appeared on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" twice and was also a colorful character, illustrated by such instances as challenging then–Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson to a fight, missing scheduled public appearances due to being drunk or hungover, his well-documented love of the band Guns N' Roses (he had a dog named Axl and also a tattoo of the cross-design from the cover of ""Appetite for Destruction"" on his arm), and referring to Green"
"Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by American magazine ""Sports Illustrated"". The cover photograph features women fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession. The swimsuit issue of the magazine carries advertising that, in 2005 amounted to in value. New issues come out around the middle of February or later. First published in 1964, it is credited with making the bikini, invented in 1946, a legitimate piece of apparel. The issue that got the most letters was the 1978 issue. The best selling issue"
"Susan Wiggins and Rhiana Wiggins from the first marriage, and son David from the second marriage. Wiggins was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an ""Honor Swimmer"" in 1994. He appeared on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated"" in April 1956 when he was 21 years old. He is one of 68 athletes to have been featured in the ""Faces in the Crowd"" section of the magazine and then also appear on a cover. Albert Wiggins Albert Marcus Wiggins Jr. (May 27, 1935 – June 1, 2011) was the first American swimmer to win Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)"
"1957 and 1962 by the UPI; in 1961 by the NEA; and in 1963 by the AP and NEA. In a sports column in 1963, George Strickler for the ""Chicago Tribune"" remarked Tittle had ""broken records that at one time appeared unassailable and he has been the hero of more second half rallies than Napoleon and the Harlem Globetrotters."" He was featured on four ""Sports Illustrated"" covers: three during his playing career and one shortly after retirement. His first was with the 49ers in 1954. With the Giants, he graced covers in November 1961, and he was on the season"
"the ""Time"" 100. In June 2016, Jenner became the first openly transgender person to be featured on the cover of ""Sports Illustrated."" The cover and associated story marked the 40th anniversary of her winning the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon. Feminist author Germaine Greer called ""Glamour"" magazine's decision to award Jenner with a ""Woman of the Year"" award misogynistic, questioning whether a transgender woman could be better than ""someone who is just born a woman."" Jenner also received criticism from individuals such as actress Rose McGowan, for statingin a BuzzFeed interview that the hardest part about being a woman ""is figuring"