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.

Paille-maille ( pall mall ) illustrated in Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891.

Early croquet-like game from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, first published 1801.

Mario series characters have also made cameos in games from other series such as SSX on Tour and NBA Street V3, both published by EA Sports.

* August 16 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published in the United States.

An investigation published on a Swiss website has shown that more and more International Sports Federations list disabled athletes than any other sportsmen or sportswomen.

Excerpts from the book have been published in Sports Illustrated.

In February 1970, Sports Illustrated and Penthouse magazines both published articles about McLain's involvement in bookmaking activities.

Maximum Sports Performance, published posthumously, discusses the physical and psychological benefits of running and other sports, including increased self-esteem, acquiring a " high " from running, and being able to cope better with pressure and tension.

The week after, Sports Illustrated published a photo of the fight on its cover, under the heading Tragedy in The Ring.

A notable controversy in Canadian magazine publishing in recent years has been the existence of split run magazines, where a title published in another country, such as TIME or Sports Illustrated, is republished in Canada with a few pages of special Canadian content, in order to take advantage of Canadian advertising sales revenues.

In 1996 the report, with a commentary by J. W. Nienhuys and several letters from Gauquelin to the Committee, was published in book form as The Mars Effect – A French Test of Over 1, 000 Sports Champions.

This case, SFX Motor Sports Inc., v. Davis, was not published in official reports, but is available at 2006 WL 3616983.

Also published under the title of Beat the Queen in Sports Illustrated of December 23, 1968.

In the Tower Prynne wrote and published anonymous tracts against episcopacy and against the Book of Sports.

According to numerous articles published online at the time that Sky Sports News moved to the newly opened Sky Studios, the articles also mentioned that Sky News will soon be moving to the new studios.

* October 18-King Charles I of England re-issues the Declaration of Sports, originally published by his father, King James I in 1617, listing the sports and recreations permitted on Sundays and other holy days.

The National Trails Strategy, published by the Irish Sports Council in 2006 to set out a vision for the development of recreational trails in Ireland, acknowledged many of these shortcomings and found that " the quality and standard of recreational trail development, for the most part, falls well below international standards.

In 2003, Sports Illustrated published allegations by former Alcor COO Larry Johnson that the company had mishandled Williams ' head by drilling holes and accidentally cracking it.

Mr. Met was portrayed from 1994 through 1997 by AJ Mass, currently a fantasy sports writer for ESPN and author of the book How Fantasy Sports Explains the World, published in August 2011.

The Berwickshire News is published weekly, and numerous organisations and groups have Berwickshire in their titles ( i. e.: the Berwickshire Housing Association, Berwickshire Sports Council ).

Vick told Sporting News magazine in an interview published April 9, 2001: " Sports kept me off the streets ... It kept me from getting into what was going on, the bad stuff.