Sports Illustrated - USA (2020-12)

DECEMBER 2020 5

BREAKOUT

PERFORMANCE

Osaka didn’t ask to

be in the spotlight,

but when you win

two U.S. Open titles

in three years it will

find you. In 2020,

she embraced

the platform her

success gave her

like never before.

FEATURES

82

LAURENT

DUVERNAY-TARDIF

When the

pandemic

came, the

Super Bowl

guard traded

his Chiefs

uniform for

medical scrubs

BY DR. JENNY

THOMPSON

46

SPORTSPERSON

OF THE YEAR

As a trying

2020 comes

to an end,

we honor five

champions

who inspired,

battled and

embodied the

ideals of the

Activist Athlete

74

BREANNA

STEWART

Her support

for Black Lives

Matter didn’t

waver, from

the opening tip

to the Storm’s

WNBA title

celebration

BY MEGAN

RAPINOE

50

LEBRON

JAMES

The 2020

Muhammad Ali

Legacy Award

winner put his

considerable

energy into

inspiring young

people to vote

BY KAREEM

ABDUL-JABBAR

68

PATRICK

MAHOMES

A Super Bowl

win cemented

his status as

the NFL’s top

player, but

what the QB

did later truly

elevated him

BY DOUG

WILLIAMS

62

NAOMI

OSAKA

The U.S. Open

champ came

to understand

the power of

her fame, then

wielded it in

ways that were

eye-catching

BY MARTINA

NAVRATILOVA

10

THE YEAR

IN REVIEW

Few things

seemed

normal—not

least of all

sports—but

the games

we play still

provided

familiar thrills

and emotions

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