Sports Illustrated - USA (2021-12)

DECEMBER 2021 3

FEATURES

TRUE CRIME

70

PAUL MASSEY

The bloody rise

and foreseeable

fall—from

soccer thug to

gunned-down

Godfather—of

Manchester’s

Mr. Big

BY REID FORGRAVE

AUTO RACING

62

DUSTIN SPROUSE

The dirt track

driver is openly

gay. He has a

Capitol-storming

crew member

and a sponsor

problem. It’s

complicated

BY L. JON WERTHEIM

NBA

54

SCOOT HENDERSON

He skipped a

year of high

school to sign

a $1M deal with

the G League

Ignite. More

kids are likely

to do the same

BY HOWARD BECK

MLB

48

TOP 50 FREE AGENTS

There’s a deep

pool of talent

available this

winter—but

many players

may be in no

rush to sign

BY WILL LAWS

AND NICK SELBE

NFL

34

THE NEW THROWS

Defenses

threatened to

overwhelm a

generation of

homogeneous

passers. QBs

were saved by

an evolution

BY CONOR ORR

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A WORLD OF DIRT

“I don’t flaunt it in people’s

faces,” Sprouse says of his

sexuality. “What I do behind

closed doors is my business.”

But it still affects his ability

to put ads on his car.

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