3
SPORTSPERSON of the YEAR FEATURES
40
BILLIE JEAN
KING
For five
decades, the
Muhammad Ali
Legacy Award
winner has
been an
unflinching
champion
for equality
BY JENNY VRENTAS
48
ZAILA
AVANT-GARDE
Can you spell
success?
The SportsKid
of the Year
dazzles
with her
intellect as
well as her
basketball skills
BY MARK BECHTEL
50
THE YEAR IN
PICTURES
Several
all-time greats
burnished
their legacies,
while a crop of
rising young
stars made
their first
marks in the
history books
66
LAMELO
BALL
The globe-
trotting guard,
with pizzazz
as a passer,
transformed
the previously
faceless
Hornets into
a hot ticket
BY CHRIS MANNIX
76
THE YEAR IN
MEDIA
The best
sports show
on TV led to a
boom in F1’s
popularity
and changed
the life of
driver Romain
Grosjean
BY SHAKER SAMMAN
88
OLYMPIC
STARS
Unheralded
Suni Lee
bounded
into the
breach, while
Caeleb Dressel
lived up to his
substantial hype
BY STEPHANIE APSTEIN
AND PAT FORDE
96
NOVAK
DJOKOVIC
The most
controversial
man in tennis,
who missed
the Grand Slam
by one match,
will soon be
the most
accomplished
BY L. JON WERTHEIM
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WORK OF ART
He’s freakishly good—and freakishly
photogenic. Seemingly everything Bucks unicorn
Giannis Antetokounmpo did in the Finals
against the Suns deserved to be documented.
GREG NELSON
Banca do Antfer
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