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Founder Henry R. Luce 1898--1967
President and Chief Executive Officer Rich Battista
Chief Content Officer Alan Murray
Editor in Chief, Sports Illustrated Group Christian Stone
Digital Editor, Sports Illustrated Group Mark McClusky
Managing Editor, SI.com Ryan Hunt
Editor in Chief, SI Golf Group David DeNunzio
Deputy Managing Editor L. Jon Wertheim
Executive Editors Stephen Cannella, Mark Mravic
Assistant Managing Editors MJ Day (SI Swimsuit), Adam Duerson, Stefanie Kaufman
Creative Director Stephen Skalocky
Director of Photography Marguerite Schropp Lucarelli
Senior Editor, Chief of Reporters Richard Demak
Senior Editors Darcie Baum (SI Swimsuit), Trisha Lucey Blackmar, Gary Gramling, Sarah Kwak, Emma Span
Copy Chief Gabe Miller
Senior Writers Chris Ballard, Michael Bamberger, Greg Bishop, Albert Breer, Lee Jenkins, Peter King, Robert Klemko, Tim Layden, S.L. Price, Ben Reiter, Michael Rosenberg, Alan Shipnuck, Andy Staples, Tom Verducci, Jenny Vrentas, Grant Wahl
Staff Writers Stephanie Apstein, Ben Baskin, Andy Benoit, Chris Burke, Albert Chen, Jack Dickey, Ben Golliver, Dan Greene, Jonathan Jones, Joan Niesen, Conor Orr, Alex Prewitt, Tim Rohan, Andrew Sharp
Assistant Editor Janine Berey (SI Swimsuit)
RESEARCH
Deputy Chief of Reporters Lawrence Mondi
Reporters Kelvin C. Bias, Jacob Feldman, Jeremy Fuchs, Tom Taylor
Research Assistant Susan Szeliga
Editorial Assistants Alyssa Conroy (SI Swimsuit), Kalyn Kahler
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photo Operations Erick Rasco
Picture Editor Chris Chambers
Associate Picture Editor Linda Bonenfant
Assistant Picture Editor Abigail Nicolas
Technology Associate Taylor Ballantyne
DESIGN
Deputy Art Director Liana Zamora
Associate Art Director Stephen Goggi
COPY DESK
Copy Chief, Special Projects Pamela Ann Roberts
Copy Editors Jill Jaroff, Kevin Kerr, Nancy Ramsey, Anthony Scheitinger, John M. Shostrom
PREMEDIA
Senior Manager Dan Larkin
Senior Associate Kevin Hart
Associates Gerry Burke, Marco Lau, Brian Mai, Sandra Vallejos
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS
Robert Beck, Simon Bruty, Michael Farber, Jim Gorant, Hank Hersch, Walter Iooss Jr., Ted Keith, Heinz Kluetmeier, David E. Klutho, Neil Leifer, Jack McCallum, John W. McDonough, Michael McKnight, Charles P. Pierce, Steve Rushin, Alexander Wolff
SI.COM
Director of Editorial Projects and Product Ben Eagle
Social Media Director Kevin Driscoll
Senior Editors Richard Deitsch, Matt Dollinger, Andy Gray, Mike Harris
Senior Producer Avi Creditor
Producers Lorenzo Arguello, Gabriel Baumgaertner, Michael Blinn, Luis Miguel Echegaray, Kelsey Hendrix, Jamie Lisanti, Bette Marston, Max Meyer, Amy Parlapiano, Eric Single, Jonathan Tayler
Deputy Projects Editor Allen Kim
Writer-Producers Michael Beller, Jimmy Traina
Writer-Reporters Charlotte Carroll, Chris Chavez, Rohan Nadkarni, Daniel Rapaport
Associate Producers Scooby Axson, Kenny Ducey, Dan Gartland, Molly Geary, Connor Grossman, Jarrel Harris, Chris Johnson, Stanley Kay, DeAntae Prince, Jeremy Woo
Social Media Editor Dave Scipione
Associate Social Media Producers Mitch Goldich, Gino Zarrillo
Interactive Designer Bryce Wood
SI VIDEO
Senior Executive Producer Ian Orefice
Executive Producer Josh Oshinsky
Senior Producer Tom Mantzouranis
Producers Mary Agnant, Jim Butts, John DePetro, Lee Feiner, Alex Hampl, Vanessa Manca-Barbot, Will Pyle, Dave Seperson, Nolan Thomas
GOLF.COM
Executive Editor Alan Bastable
Digital Development Editor Jeff Ritter
Senior Editor Jessica Marksbury
Senior Producers Kevin Cunningham, Lucas O'Neill (Video)
Producer Joshua Berhow
Social Media Editor Tim Reilly
Associate Editors Kiley Bense, Dylan Dethier, Sean Zak
SI KIDS
Managing Editor Mark Bechtel
Creative Director Beth Power Bugler
Senior Editor Elizabeth McGarr McCue
Associate Editor Sam Page
Designer Drew Dzwonkowski
EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATION
Joan Rosinsky
TIME INC. ADVERTISING SALES
Group President Karen Kovacs
Vice Presidents, Digital Strategy Andrew Reedman, Thu Phan Rodriguez
BRAND SALES
Vice President, Sports Brand Sales Danny Lee
New York Brand Sales Directors Alison Edell, Katie Lalli
Brand Sales Assistant Joe Summa
CATEGORY SALES
Automotive/Technology/Telecommuications Scott Kelliher
Beauty Lauren Newman
Entertainment Ellie Duque
Fashion & Retail Matt Rice
Finance Michael Schneider
Food & Beverage David Gensler
Healthcare Heidi Anderson
Home Ann Gobel
Industry/Government Nate Stamos
Travel & Luxury Jay Meyer
SALES OPERATIONS
Chief Business & Sales Operations Officer Pearl Collings
Vice President, Brand Lead Amy Thind
MARKETING
Vice President, Brand Marketing Suzanne Bursiek
Directors, Brand Marketing Megan Donovan, Chris Heck
Senior Manager, Brand Marketing Tess Konter
Managers, Brand Marketing Ryan Maffai, Avery Miller, Nicole Symeonides
Creative Services Director Orville Clarke
Senior Designers Jessica Harrison, Mario Paulis
DIGITAL
Senior Vice President and General Manager Patty Hirsch
Head of Product Michael Phillips
Senior Product Manager Todd Patrick
Product Manager Edward Schwendemann
Design Director Ines Major
Senior UX Designer Jennifer Nappi
Head of Engineering Eric Saam
Lead Engineer Justin Ferrara
Engineers Peter De Genaro, Anthony Galligani, Mike Hynson, Chris Murphy, Zac Shepherd, Mariana Templin
Administration: Theresa Fitzpatrick
CONTENT MANAGEMENT GROUP
Director Prem Kalliat
Manager William Welt
Associate George Amores
FINANCE
Vice President Andrew Weissman
Senior Manager Kari Kus
Managers Catherine Keenan, Mei Lo
Associate David Suslensky
Analysts Jordan Jackson, Landon Kern
CONSUMER MARKETING & REVENUE
Senior Vice President Christopher Gaydos
Vice President Yvonne Gerald
Executive Director Eunice Chi
Director Tricia Williams
Senior Managers John Banks, Heather Christiansen, Nicole Felix, Lucia LaCivita
Associate Managers Kerry Hicks, Samantha Zych, Yuri Kim
Assistant Manager James Nawn
TIME INC. RETAIL SALES AND MARKETING
Vice President Eric Szegda
Directors Rose Cirrincione, Holly Oakes
Senior Manager Jake Semmel
Assistant Manager Tyler Gendron
CONSUMER INSIGHT
Executive Director Andy Borinstein
Senior Research Manager Brian Koenig
PRODUCTION
Senior Director Carrie Mallie
Director Valerie Langston
Senior Manager Donald Stone
Manager Mieko Calugay
Assistant Managers Drew Carlos, Sara Decker, Kylie Ann Cespedes
Senior Analysts Srimoyee Lahiri, Neha Walia
Ad Production Specialists Imran Hussain, Maria Sherpa
COMMUNICATIONS
Vice President Lenore Moritz
Director Daniel Leonard
DIGITAL PRODUCT & ENGINEERING
Senior Vice President Nicholas Butterworth
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Chief Information Officer Kurt Rao
Vice Presidents Adam Days, Amanda Hanes, Hugues Hervouet, Rob Innes, Dan Lo, Keith O'Sullivan, Rajeshwari Ramamoorthy, Pradip Tripathy
TIME INC. EXECUTIVES
Chief Operating Officer & President, Digital Jennifer L. Wong
Chief Financial Officer Sue D'Emic
Executive Vice Presidents Leslie Dukker Doty, Brad Elders, Greg Giangrande, Lauren Ezrol Klein, Steve Marcopoto, Erik Moreno
Digital Director, Style & Entertainment Group and Sports Will Lee
Editorial Operations & Finance Director, Style & Entertainment Group and Sports Alexandra Brez
Senior Vice President, Human Resources Roxanne Flores
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel Steven Weissman
Associate General Counsel Simone Procas
Mark McClusky
2018: England shocks the world in dreamlike run to the World Cup title. Hey, it finally happened for the Cubs....
Bette Marston
2017: Serena Williams beating her sister to win the Australian Open ... while pregnant with her first child. All hail Queen Serena!
Alison Edell
2018: King Henrik finally raises Lord Stanley.
Suzanne Bursiek
2018: Domination by U.S. women's hockey and Lindsey Vonn showing the kids how it's done on the slopes in South Korea.
Marguerite Schropp Lucarelli
2018: Notre Dame wins a national championship in football.
Eric Single
2017: The Predators' Stanley Cup finals run melting the cold hearts of hockey fans in all points north.
Kenny Ducey
2017: Dion Waiters recalling one of his favorite quotes after hitting a game-winning shot: "One of my favorite quotes is.... Ah, I forgot it. Already. One of my favorite quotes."
Michael Phillips
2017: Mr. Met cracks under pressure, providing catharsis for all Mets fans. Mascot? More like true hero.