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50 SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Peyton Manning

BY LEE JENKINS

A Glimpse Of the Future

BY JOHN ED BRADLEY

A Most Willing Volunteer

BY TIM LAYDEN

Measures Of a Manning

BY PETER KING

82 My Sportsman: Experts in the Field

86 Everyday Sportsmen

94 The Five Lives of Jonny Gomes

BY THOMAS LAKE

106 Jordan Spieth: A Swing and a Hit

BY ALAN SHIPNUCK

114 Game 6: Anatomy Of a Miracle

BY LEE JENKINS

124 America's Cup: Learning to Fly

BY NANCY RAMSEY

128 Maple Leafs Fans: When Reality Bites

BY JACK DICKEY

134 Chris Weidman: A Left from Leftfield

BY MELISSA SEGURA

138 Don Nelson in Paradise

BY CHRIS BALLARD

6 | SI Digital

8 | Editor's Letter

12 | Leading Off

30 | The Mail

34 | Scorecard

43 | Faces in the Crowd

44 | Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Johnny Football on who gives him the best advice

150 | Point After

Boomer Esiason: I've been in Peyton's shoes

ON THE COVER: PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN W. MCDONOUGH/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

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