He was heralded as `` Sportsman of the Year '' by Sports Illustrated, and last night was acclaimed in Rochester as the `` Professional Athlete of the Year '', a distinction that earned for him the $10,000 diamond-studded Hickok Belt.

As the world's top sportsman -- pro or amateur -- Sports Illustrated tapped golf's confident Arnold Palmer ( Time cover, May 2 ), who staged two cliffhanging rallies to win both the Masters and U.S. Open crowns, went on to win a record $80,738 for the year.

In 2010, Sports Illustrated named Agassi the 7th greatest male player of all time.

* 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

On August 30, 2011, Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King, who correctly predicted the 2011 Super Bowl, made his predictions for the 2011 season and picked the Falcons to defeat the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 Super Bowl.

* One of only six Pittsburgh Pirates to ever be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

The Redskins and Dallas Cowboys enjoy what has been called by Sports Illustrated the top NFL rivalry of all time and " one of the greatest in sports.

He also had a monthly column in McCall's and a weekly column in Sports Illustrated.

* Sports Illustrated Book of Bridge

* 1970 Sports Illustrated article on Jack Kemp

* 1989 – Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.

American marathon runner Kenny Moore, who wrote about the incident for Sports Illustrated, quoted Dutch distance runner Jos Hermens as saying, “ You give a party, and someone is killed at the party, you don't continue the party.

In his autobiography, From Jerusalem to Munich, first published in France in 1999, and later in a written interview with Sports Illustrated, Abu Daoud wrote that funds for Munich were provided by Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the PLO since 11 November 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority since 15 January 2005.

However, several former players interviewed by Sports Illustrated said that while payments for good hits and sacks were indeed considered part of the game, bounties for intentionally injuring opponents violated an unwritten code.

His appearance astonished the spectators, and Sports Illustrated wrote that " his celebrated stride was unmistakable to the crowd.

Debra posed in a bikini with her husband for a Sports Illustrated pictorial regarding athletes and their wives.

This appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for 2003.

He and McGwire shared Sports Illustrated magazine's 1998 " Sportsman of the Year " award.

Despite the lopsided loss in the Super Bowl, Beathard, who traded for or drafted the bulk of the Chargers roster, and who hired coach Ross, was named the NFL's smartest man by Sports Illustrated, and became the only general manager to lead three different teams to the Super Bowl ( Chargers, Dolphins, Redskins ).

In fact, Sports Illustrated had called the NFC Championship Game a game for losers, played by losers.

Cooper's leaping, celebratory spike of the football after scoring became the photo Sports Illustrated used for its post-game cover.

In his own story, published in Sports Illustrated in 1972, Alvin Thomas said:

He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on July 4, 1977, after being chosen to lead the 1977 America's Cup defense as skipper of the yacht Courageous.

In 1988, for the 80th anniversary of the song and the 100th anniversary of the poem Casey at the Bat, Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford constructed a fanciful story ( later expanded to book form as Casey on the Loose ) which posited Katie Casey as being the daughter of the famous slugger from the poem.

With the maturation of quarterback Doug Williams and future 4-time Pro Bowl tight end Jimmie Giles, the first 1000-yard rushing season from running back Ricky Bell, and a smothering, league-leading defense led by future NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, the Bucs kicked off the season with five consecutive victories, a stunning performance that landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

* Academic Sports League, an academic organization set up as round one competition for the USAD in Erie, PA

This was after a great deal of lobbying by the Maricopa County Sports Authority, a local group formed to preserve Cactus League spring training in Arizona and eventually secure a Major League franchise for the state.

* David Lloyd, cricketer, now a pundit for Sky Sports

Currently, Federko is a television color commentator for Fox Sports Midwest during Blues broadcasts.

Sports teams may also contract out their transport to a team bus, for travel to away games, to a competition or to a final event.

the College of San Mateo Football & Sports Hall of Fame websites for info on Walsh, Madden & others ).

On May 14, 2005, the newly opened Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards became the repository for the many Orioles and Colts artifacts and other items.

Robert Quinlan " Bob " Costas ( born March 22, 1952 ) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

A personal influence on Costas has been legendary ABC Sports broadcaster Jim McKay, who hosted many Olympics for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Ditka worked for both the NFL on NBC and CBS's The NFL Today, and he currently works on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and provided Friday night analysis on the Bears on CBS 2 Chicago, the CBS Chicago affiliate, called " 2 on Football " with former CBS 2 Sports Director Mark Malone.

The tax proceeds would be used to finance the building of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex which would include Jacobs Field and Gund Arena for the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.

The book was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

# Telstar Deluxe ( 1977 ): aka " Video World Of Sports ", same as the Telstar but brown pedestal case with wood panel, made for Canadian market with French and English text.

Morris has directed hundreds of commercials for various companies and products, including Adidas, AIG, Cisco Systems, Citibank, Kimberly-Clark's Depend brand, Levi's, Miller High Life, Nike, PBS, The Quaker Oats Company, Southern Comfort, EA Sports, Toyota and Volkswagen.

England's away qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup were shown on Setanta Sports until that company's collapse.

In March 1981, Dan Okrent wrote an essay about the Rotisserie League for Inside Sports called " The Year George Foster Wasn't Worth $ 36.

A trade group for the industry, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association was formed in 1998.

One plan even involved building a " Sports Megaplex " in South Boston, where a new Fenway would be located next to a new stadium for the New England Patriots.

Sky Sports used the song as the intro for Super League in the late 2000s and the X Factor frequently use the song for the contestants ' introductions.

On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

Chinese aid projects have included among others the Giant Clam Farm Project in Kosrae, the Pilot Farm Project in Madolenihmw, the construction of a gymnasium on Pohnpei ( officially named the FSM-China Friendship Sports Center ), donation of police vehicles for the Yap state police, a facility to house the FSM's Tuna Commission, an expansion of the Chuuk State Airport Terminal, a biogas project on Chuuk, the construction of the Pohnpei Administration Building, and the construction of Kosrae High School Project.