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.

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.

On May 18, 2011, Target Field was named " The Sports Facility of the Year " by Street and Smith ’ s SportsBusiness Journal at the magazine's 2011 Sports Business Awards Ceremony in New York City.

It was also named " The Best Sports Stadium in North America " by ESPN The Magazine in a ranking that included over 120 different stadiums, ballparks and arenas from around North America.

In 2011, Albert was named an announcer for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, the result of longtime tournament broadcaster CBS handing off some of its coverage to Turner Sports.

In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.

In October 2006, Clemens was named to Sports Illustrateds " all-time " team.

In women's golf, Pat Lesser was twice named to the Curtis Cup in the mid-1950s and was later inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.

He was also named 1982 " Sportsman of the Year " by Sports Illustrated.

There are three football clubs in Brazil ( including Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama ) and Vasco Sports Club in Goa that were also named after him.

Because Rose broke Cobb's record, ABC's Wide World of Sports named Rose as its Athlete of the Year that year.

In March, 2009, the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park was named by National Geographic Society Travel Guide as one of the " Ten Best.

* Sports teams named Trojans

A recurring skit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon named Sports Freak-Out!

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame commissioned a permanent exhibit, and Fox was named the winner of the Lou Marsh Award for 1980 as the nation's top athlete.

' Dudley-Radio host of Pittsburgh Sports Depot show four days a week, named after the website he co-founded under the same name, on Trib Live Radio out of Pittsburgh, PA where he also works as a producer.

The year after, the Norwegian Sports Association ruled that the club could not be named Tor, and so Tromsø Idrettslag was again chosen, this time permanently.

Sports Illustrated named Nagurski one of the four greatest athletes in Minnesota state history ( the other three were Dave Winfield, Kevin McHale, and Joe Mauer ).

For his performance, he was named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year in 1994, together with Bonnie Blair.

In the years 1999 through 2006 the National Consortium for Academics and Sports named the Department of Athletics at UMass Boston first in the country for community service.

In celebrating Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary, the magazine named Billerica one of the nation's top fifty towns for sports and recreation and the " Sportstown for the Bay State.

For the Sports Illustrated Magazine's 50th anniversary, it named Colstrip the top sports town in Montana.

Sports Illustrated named the Nanuet team the No. 1 high school team in the state.