E.M. Swift

Hiawatha was Saul St. Marie’s first legend, but now the town hero is teen hockey phenom Wayne Gretzky: a 1978 Sports Illustrated feature story.

Mario Lemieux’s eagerly anticipated arrival in the NHL marked a turning point for the struggling Penguins, a Sports Illustrated feature story by E.M. Swift from the Oct. 15, 1984 issue.

From the SI Vault: "The Golden Goal," how the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team pulled off its Miracle On Ice win over the vaunted Soviet Union en route to the gold medal in Lake Placid.

In this SI 60, E.M. Swift tells the full story of the gold-medal-winning 1980 "Miracle On Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team when they were named Sportsmen Of The Year by Sports Illustrated.