December 19, 2016 Table Of Contents
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INBOX
EDITORS' LETTER
By The Editors OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR
Sportsperson of the Year LEBRON JAMES
By Lee Jenkins
By WESLEY LOWERY
By Greg Bishop
By Chris Johnson
By Mark Bechtel
By Tom Verducci
By Ben Golliver
By Luke Winn
POINT AFTER
By Steve Rushin
Departments
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
A long history of choking ends with a title for MLS's darlings
By Grant Wahl
If sports figures made up the cabinet
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
Get ready for a big 2017 in sports films