Sports Illustrated Kids - USA (2022-01 & 2022-02)

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FANS WHO arrived at Drexel on

Dec. 14 expecting to see the

Dragons host Coppin State can

be forgiven if they thought they

were witnessing an intrasquad

scrimmage instead. Coppin State

forgot to pack its jerseys, so the

Eagles had to play in practice

tops supplied by the home

team, meaning every player was

wearing Drexel gear. The real

Dragons won, 76–69.

A similar thing happened to

Division II Indiana University

of Pennsylvania in 2019. The

Hawks forgot their unis for a

game against Edinboro and

had to borrow their opponents’

road duds. Edinboro had fun

with it, tweeting: “There are two

Fashion

Faux Pas

types of athletes: Those who are

Fighting Scots and those who

want to dress like Fighting Scots.”

IUP got the last laugh, though,

winning 87–59.

It happens in the pros, too.

On the cover of the May 8, 1978,

issue of Sports Illustrated,

Washington’s Elvin Hayes is

dunking as a player in a Bullets

road uniform is looking on—

which is odd because the game

was in Washington. It was

actually Mike Gale of the Spurs,

whose luggage didn’t make it to

the arena. So Gale wore an inside-

out Bullets jersey.

And then there’s Rose-Hulman

Institute of Technology, which

lost its gear en route to the

Soviet Union for an exhibition

in 1987. The Fightin’ Engineers

had to play in borrowed T-shirts

with numbers written in

chalk—and only five players had

packed shoes in their carry-ons,

necessitating sharing. Said coach

John Mutchner, “I substituted by

shoe size.”

GAVIN BAKER/SIDELINE PHOTOS (DREXEL); MANNY MILLAN (COVER); KOHJIRO KINNO (JACKSON); BRAD MANGIN (CR AWFORD);
STEVE BABINEAU/NHLI/GETTY IMAGES (DARNELL NURSE); DAVID BECKER/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (KIA NURSE)

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his 2 4 th birthday.

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Former WTA

world No. 1

21

turns 35.

26

is 28 years old.

Birthdays

January

4 defenseman

27 years old.

7  quarterback

Matthew Stafford

is 34 years old.

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Phoenix

23

Golden State

February

WARMUP

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