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JOHNNY PODRES
FROM THE SI VAULT: JAN. 2, 1956
There was no Roger Bannister in 1955, towering above the field of sport like an Everest, but there was a yellow-haired youngster from the Adirondacks who provided sport's most rousing moment—and became SI's Sportsman of the Year
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ALAN SHIPNUCK
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One measure of greatness is years between first & last major. Jack is the standard, of course, at 24. But Ernie Els, at 18, is pretty close.
JIM TROTTER
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Relations between the NFL and the union are so bad the sides can't even agree on the metrics for setting average career lengths.
ANDY STAPLES
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The NCAA is going to handle stuff that matters? Awesome. Keep doing it and quit acting like a kid commits murder if he sells a jersey.
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ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS ALLEN; HEINZ KLUETMEIER (PHELPS)
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