December 25, 2017 Table Of Contents

Panthers owner Jerry Richardson was an NFL pillar, but in one shocking weekend his reputation crumbled: He announced he's selling his team after SI's report on payouts made to cover up his sexually suggestive and racially insensitive behavior

By Viv Bernstein and L. Jon Wertheim

THE INVESTIGATION MUST GO ON

By Michael McCann

POINT AFTER

GOOD CHEER

By CHARLES P. PIERCE

Departments

Masthead

THE TIMES THEY ARE A ...

We'll remember 2017 as a year of change—old faces in new places—as activist athletes reminded us that the present now will later be past

By Michael Rosenberg

GAME PLAN

Citi Field hosts the Sabres and Rangers for the Winter Classic on Jan. 1

TAX INFORM

What the new bill means for sports

By Jack Dickey

'TIS THE SEASON

Celebrating 2017, from the Coliseum to Camden Yards, we send our well-wishes with these sports holiday cards

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by JEREMY FUCHS

HALL-MARKED DUO

By JEREMY FUCHS