Sports Illustrated - 21.10.2019

SURE, ATHLETES may be

able run like the wind

and perform superhuman

acts of strength, but also,

like the rest of us, they can’t wait for

the arrival of Halloween. After all,

it’s the only time of year they can

don masks or paint their faces and

slip into a crowd unnoticed.

(Unless they’re JuJu Smith-Schuster,

who last October went trick-or-

treating around Pittsburgh in his

full Steelers uniform—including, yes,

his helmet and pads.)

Last year NFL receiver Golden

Tate sported a Willy Wonka costume

(with a golden ticket as a prop)

while Warriors star Klay Thompson

dressed as Jackie Moon, Will Ferrell’s

character in Semi-Pro. But it’s not

always easy to think up a great getup.

Here are suitable costume options for

some of our favorite athletes.

SUGGESTED HALLOWEEN

OUTFITS FOR ATHLETES

STITCH

HUNT

18 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED | OCTOBER 21–28, 2019

ZL ATAN

IBRAHIMOVI ́C

ZLATAN

IBRAHIMOVIĆ

MLS’s Swedish diva

would never deign

to be someone else.

SIMONE

BILES

GOAT

Five world titles in

seven years? That’s

greatest-of-all-

time material.

GARDNER

MINSHEW II

UNCLE RICO

The mustachioed

QB can throw a

football over them

mountains.

AARON

JUDGE

HULK

The Yankee has a

Bruce Banner mien,

but he mashes like

the green guy.

KHALIL

MACK

THANOS

Getting sacked

by Chicago’s ace

pass rusher is...

inevitable.

MEGAN

RAPINOE

MADAM PRESIDENT

The soccer star can

trade barbs with

Trump from behind

a rolling lectern.

THE FLYERS

OPENED A ROOM

IN THEIR ARENA

IN WHICH FANS

CAN PAY $35 TO

SMASH OBJECTS

WITH HOCKEY

STICKS, BATS AND

SLEDGEHAMMERS.

∑ FRED SMOOT, Redskins

radio personality, on

the Dolphins’ failed

two-point conversion

in a loss to Washington

that improved their

odds of landing Alabama

QB Tua Tagovailoa

with the No. 1 pick.

“I THINK THEY

WENT FOR TUA—

NOT TWO.”

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE THEY SAID IT

SCORECARD

MIKE CARLSON/MLB/GETTY IMAGES, ERICK W. RASCO (JUDGE); GREG NELSON (BILES); LLOYD BISHOP/NBCU PHOTO BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL/GETTY IMA

GES,

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES (RAPINOE); AP (MACK); FOX SEARCHLIGHT/EVERETT COLLECTION, SCOTT TAETSCH/GETTY IMAGES (MINSH

EW); SHAUN CLARK/GETTY IMAGES,

ISTOCKPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES (IBRAHIMOVIC); COURTESY THE FLYERS (APOC); PARAS GRIFFIN/GETTY IMAGES (SMOOT); JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (TAGO

VA I L OA)

BY DAN GARTL AND

EXTRA MUSTARD