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Former NBA commissioner David Stern died at the age of 77 after suffering a sudden brain hemorrhage earlier this month.

Rashaan Salaam never wanted to win the Heisman. But once he did, it followed him until his death.

Playing the world's game, on the world's stage, under attack by a world leader, she dominated. And in doing so without fear, she became a voice for so many across the world. Megan Rapinoe is SI's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year.

He's a typical high school sophomore and a once-in-a-generation talent. He's the pride of Ypsilanti, Mich., and the future of the NBA. Not even old enough to drive and likely to be a straight-to-the-NBA No. 1 pick, Emoni Bates is both a product of his era and way ahead of his time.

After the Astros clinched the AL pennant, a staffer looked at female reporters and shouted "Thank God we got Osuna! I'm so f—— glad we got Osuna!"

For the NFL's centenary, a historically hexed franchise and an agonizingly vexed fan base are eagerly anticipating a resurrection of Biblical proportions. Thanks to some bold moves and brash personalities, the league's biggest losers of the last two decades are Super Bowl contenders.

This is the story of a Havana-trained, Olympic gold medalist boxer and the Tampa-based chef who put aside her award-winning cream cheese flan to help him escape from one of the world's most oppressive regimes.

He might be the most beloved person in the Dominican Republic. So why would someone shoot David Ortiz? And how could it be mistaken identity, as police have said? A visit to the island yielded few answers — but raised plenty more questions.

Yes, Alex Rodriguez is engaged to Jennifer Lopez. Yes, they spend their days frolicking across the celebrity landscape, from the Oscars to the Met Gala. But here's the really crazy part: He's popular.

They're drawing up business plans, starting marketing agencies, turning up at practice and even monitoring phone use. And they're driving coaches and agents nuts.

The most polarizing figure in the NBA is not any owner, player, exec or even LeBron James— it's Rich Paul, the King's agent and friend, who unleashed havoc on the league this past season, but here's the thing: He and LeBron have bigger plans.

Half a century ago, Honduras and El Salvador battled over mass migration while their national teams fought to qualify for the 1970 World Cup. The confusion regarding how much — if at all — one actually had to do with the other has stood the test of time.

The inside story of how the Alliance of American Football — a football operation with Silicon Valley dreams — fell apart before a single season could finish.

The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.

The horse deaths at Santa Anita, and the subsequent rule changes, have roiled the sport, creating an uncertain future in an industry that employs many thousands of people.

Sidney wanted to be someone else. The streets of East Dallas will do that to a man. But when the 25-year-old posed as a teenager and became a high school hoops star, reinvention led to a darker place.

He was "the test-tube QB" the first half of his life, a drug addict since. Closing in on 50, the former USC and Raiders quarterback is struggling to come to terms with his raging beast of a father—and the big lie that he only now can share.