December 19, 2016 Table Of Contents

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EDITORS' LETTER

Greatest of the Great

By The Editors OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR

Sportsperson of the Year LEBRON JAMES

By Lee Jenkins

The Activist Minds

By WESLEY LOWERY

... And Now What?

By Greg Bishop

Pictures of the Year

Players Of the Year

By Chris Johnson

The Standout

By Mark Bechtel

The Rainmaker

By Tom Verducci

Seven for The Road

By Ben Golliver

In with a Bang

By Luke Winn

POINT AFTER

Stan on Two Feet

By Steve Rushin

Departments

Leading Off

Entitled Behavior

You would think winning a championship would make teams and their fans ecstatic. And it does—but it also makes them impatient for another

By WILL LEITCH

Streakless In Seattle

A long history of choking ends with a title for MLS's darlings

By Grant Wahl

Power Players

If sports figures made up the cabinet

Reporting Dates

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Love Lessons

By Alexandra Fenwick

JUST MY TYPE

By Interview by Dan Patrick

Waiting on the Docs

Get ready for a big 2017 in sports films

By Richard Deitsch