Showing posts with label sports illustrated cover of the week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports illustrated cover of the week. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2024

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

 June 2014

The LA Kings defeat the NY Rangers 4 games to 1 to win the the Stanley Cup finals. 

Kings forward Justin Williams named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the finals. 



Monday, July 1, 2019

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

2019 NBA World Champions - Toronto Raptors 
defeated the Golden State Warriors 4 games to 2 with Toronto's Kawhi Leonard named NBA Finals MVP


Thursday, November 15, 2018

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

October 1st 1956
Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees get ready to face the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Sereis starting October 3rd at Ebbets Field.   
The Yankees would win their 17th world championship and give us the true fall classic in game 5.  This was Don Larsen's MVP performance with the only perfect game in baseball postseason history.  Larsen won game 5 2-0 but the Yankees would need 7 games to finally dispatch the Dodgers.   


Thursday, July 5, 2018

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

July 5th 1975
Arthur Ashe defeats Jimmy Connors and becomes the first African-American to win the men's U.S. Open tennis tournament

issue dated July 14th 1975


Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

June 18th 2018
3 Days/ 3 Champions
Justify wins the Triple Crown
Golden State wins the NBA World Championship
Washington Capitals win their first Stanley Cup


Friday, April 6, 2018

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

This week its 2 covers, celebrating the Men's and Women's NCAA National Basketball Champions of 2018 

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Women's Champions


Villanova Wildcats
Men's Champions


Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

May 9th 2010
Dallas Braden, recently made infamous due to his words with Alex Rodriguez when the Yankee third baseman cut across the diamond via the pitcher’s mound, throws the 19th perfect game in baseball history, a 4-0 victory over the Rays in Oakland. In attendance for the 26 year-old left-hander's Mother's Day gem is his grandmother, who raised him after his mom died of a melanoma during his senior year at Stagg High School in Stockton, California.