Big Style Little kids like to play dress-up, and sometimes big ones do too. In general SI supports such playful diversions ... but if someone with a camera hands you a toga and laurel, run

... costumes

Lee Trevino, June 9, 1969
Chris Evert, Dec. 20, 1976
Muhammad Ali, May 5, 1969
Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa, Dec. 21, 1998
Danny Lopez, Feb. 12, 1979
Fennis Dembo, Nov. 18, 1987
George Steinbrenner, March 1, 1993
Phil Jackson, Nov. 1, 1999

...'staches

Joe Namath, Dec. 9, 1968
Mark Spitz, Sept. 4, 1972
Keith Hernandez, April 7, 1980

... big gaps

Keith Magnuson, April 6, 1970
Bobby Clarke, Feb. 23, 1976
Leon Spinks, Feb. 27, 1978

that's entertainment

What was Ed Sullivan doing on the cover of SI? Lining up a putt,
of course. The cross-pollination of pop culture and sports didn't
start with Joltin' Joe and Marilyn, but perhaps it should have
ended with the Bird and Big Bird

Ed Sullivan, amateur golfer, 1959
Bob Hope, Indians co-owner, 1963
Shirley MacLaine, 1964
Joe Namath, The Last Rebel, 1970
Steve McQueen, dirt biker, 1971
Semi-Tough, 1977
Mark Fidrych & Big Bird, 1977
Hulk Hogan, pro wrestler, 1985
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1987
Ice Cube & Shaq, 1999
Dennis Miller, MNF analyst, 2000
Chris Rock, 2000

stars and stripes

Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes ... or hoots

Bill Freehan, April 14, 1969
John Matuszak, Aug. 6, 1973
Evel Knievel, Sept. 2, 1974
Brian Oldfield, Sept. 1, 1975
Pete Rose, Dec. 22, 1975
Mary Lou Retton, Aug. 13, 1984
Gail Devers, Aug. 10, 1992

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