Fathers and Sons What prouder moment for a father than to see his son on the cover of SI? Unless, of course, Dad beat his boy to the punch, which has happened several times. Oedipus never dealt with anything this complex

THE MANNINGS Archie and Peyton
THE HILLS Calvin and Grant
THE WALTONS Bill and Luke
THE HULLS Bobby and Brett
THE SIMMSES Phil and Chris
THE NICKLAUSES Jack and Gary
THE EARNHARDTS Dale and Dale Jr.

... together

Some fathers and sons got to share a cover

THE FRAZIERS
Marvis and Joe

THE ESIASONS
Boomer and Gunnar

THE BUHNERS
Jay and Chase

... families

The perfect picture for the Christmas card

THE COOPERS
Gary, Maria and Rocky

THE WATSONS
Tom and Family

THE MONTANAS
Joe and Family

in memoriam

Tribute covers are a relatively recent innovation for SI

Len Bias, June 30, 1986
Arthur Ashe, Feb. 15, 1993
Reggie Lewis, Aug. 9, 1993
Mickey Mantle, Aug. 21, 1995
Walter Payton, Nov. 8, 1999
Dale Earnhardt, Feb. 26, 2001
Ted Williams, July 15, 2002
Johnny Unitas, Sept. 23, 2002

hunting, fishing

In its early days SI had a taste for blood sports

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Nov. 15, 1954
Nov. 14, 1955
March 19, 1956
Nov. 17, 1958
May 5, 1986

... and eating

The prey in the crosshairs this week was gourmets

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