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Simone Biles

Simone Biles Is SI’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year

The most decorated gymnast of all time is more than her staggering medal count.

My Sportsman: Anthony Robles

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer When you are born

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Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. During a year in

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Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. Maybe you saw

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My Sportsman: Dirk Nowitzki

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. Was there any

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My Sportsman: Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers does many things well. Right at this moment, he throws a football better than anybody else on earth. This can be supported statistically (33

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My Sportswoman: Maya Moore

Geno Auriemma laughed before repeating the question. "You want to know how life will be different without Maya Moore this year?" said the longtime UConn

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My Sportsman: Eric LeGrand

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. A trusty sports adage, good for any circumstance. The game is cruelly binary in its

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My Sportsman: Roger Goodell & DeMaurice Smith

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer: On Thanksgiving,

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My Sportsman: Ryan Lochte

It's no surprise Ryan Lochte was the first swimmer to break a long-course world record since the high-tech buoyancy suit era ended nearly two years ago; during

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My Sportsman: Novak Djovokic

Before sparking up YouTube, here's some context: It's the semifinals of the U.S. Open, the last of the year's Major events, the four tentpoles of the tennis

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My Sportsman: Lionel Messi

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. It can only be

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My Sportsman: Kelly Slater

Forgive the pro surfing officials who on Nov. 2 prematurely crowned Kelly Slater the winner of the 2011 ASP World Title. After all, it's not as though there was

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Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. During a year in

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My Sportsman: Andrew Luck

I've always loved college sports, because hey, I loved college and I love sports. It's really as simple as that: Two of our most enjoyable institutions, mixed

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My Sportsman: Mariano Rivera

Awe does not come easily to the baseball men who endure the relentless rigors and inevitable failures of the 162-game season. But awe it was, mixed with

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My Sportsman: Playoff PAC

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. In its basic

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My Sportsman: Kemba Walker

So miserably sick was I during this year's Big East tournament that despite living only a 30-minute subway ride from Madison Square Garden and being on the

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My Sportsman: Dewey Bozella

It stares out from the record books unremarkably, like so many of the more than 15,000 professional boxing matches that took place in 2011: Dewey Bozella W UD 4

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My Sportsman: David Freese

Before he was a guest on Ellen, before he sat on Leno's couch next to the Biebs, before Kelly Clarkson called him "adorable" on Access Hollywood, before he

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My Sportsman: Tim Thomas

Tim Thomas is a stand-up guy, not a stand-up goalie. That's not his style. So what is his style? Well, that's a tough call. Thomas is like free verse or

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My Sportsmen: Fred Lunn and Anton Sealey

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. There aren't

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My Sportsman: Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy stayed in that Augusta National locker room Sunday evening longer than any of us would have. He offered smiles, shrugs and his best explanation of

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My Sportsman: Ian Laperriere

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. Whenever I

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