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Today Sports Illustrated® announced the return of its Sportsperson of the Year celebration to Las Vegas as well as four recipients of its annual awards. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at Wynn Las Vegas, the official home of Sportsperson 2025.

Sports Illustrated®, the leader in sports journalism, today released the first wave of all-star talent that will be competing in the SI Women’s Games at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, Calif., in October. Throughout the week, fans can come watch athlete standouts including Diana Flores (Flag Football, Team Americas); Sloane Stephens (Tennis; Team Americas); Dearica Hamby (Basketball; Team Americas); Jordyn Poulter (Volleyball; Team Americas); Jade Carey (Gymnastics, Team Americas); Bryony Page (Trampoline, Team World) Helen Maroulis (Wrestling, Team Americas) and Raz Hershko (Judo, Team World). These women along with another 120+ athletes will be competing over the six day stretch, with one sport taking place each night.

Today Sports Illustrated®, the leader in sports journalism, announced an all-new, biennial all-star competition featuring elite athletes across six sports. The participating athletes will have an opportunity to earn prize money based on competition results, while competing for the title of SI Women’s Games Champion.

LeBron James has a grand plan to play in the NBA with his 17-year-old son Bronny… and maybe 15-year-old son Bryce too. The trio was shot exclusively in LeBron’s Akron, Ohio high school gym and broke records as the most viewed Sports Illustrated Daily Cover this summer. The King explained his audacious plan with Chris Ballard, adding that they don’t give a damn what anyone thinks of that dream, in the October Sports Illustrated issue on newsstands and at SI.com/issues today, with additional features below.

We rarely see a Super Bowl runner-up return to the NFL’s biggest stage (nearly one-third of them haven’t reached the postseason the following year)—but those teams didn’t have Joe Burrow. There’s a new weight on expectations on Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals; in The New Normal, Conor Orr profiles the NFL’s newest superstar and his constant crusade just to be himself even as everything has changed around him. Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, who is featured on a special flip cover for Sports Illustrated’s college football preview, spoke with Pat Forde about his dream offseason—and returning to his dream role—after winning the 2021 College Football National Championship with the Bulldogs. The NFL and College Football Preview Issue is on sale tomorrow on newsstands and at SI.com/issues, with more features below.

Sports Illustrated’s June issue centers on the legislation that helped women take their first strides toward leveling the playing field in sports. In 1972, Title IX recognized gender equity in education as a civil right and altered women’s sports forever. Influential voices at the forefront of the equality conversation – from powerful athletes to impactful citizens – are celebrated in the issue on newsstands now and SI.com through the Title IX anniversary. Also in this issue, a first-person essay from Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman on how far we’ve come and how far we have left to go, Jon Wertheim on French Open favorite Rafael Nadal and the secret army of a 320-pound dominant pro wrestler.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX into American law in June 1972, Sports Illustrated is inviting readers to share their personal stories of how the landmark gender-equity legislation changed the trajectory of women’s sports. The Title IX project presents a unique opportunity for SI readers: the chance to be featured on the cover of SI’s June 2022 issue.

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Rams are Super Bowl Champions. The team and its season, heroes and history are all celebrated in Sports Illustrated’s Rams Super Bowl Champions Commemorative Issue, available for purchase online now and newsstands in the Los Angeles area on Feb. 24.

Team USA has one of its strongest Winter Games lineups ever, led by four women representing the full range of talent and experience: downhill skiing’s GOAT (Mikaela Shiffrin), the U.S.’s only cross-country skiing gold medalist ever (Jessie Diggins), and two up-and-coming stars (speedskater Erin Jackson, hockey player Abby Roque). Sports Illustrated exclusively shot these top medal contenders for the Winter Olympics Preview issue, on sale now and available for purchase online. Also in the magazine, Jon Wertheim on Operation Varsity Blues, the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, 7’6” Shawn Bradley wrestles with his new life in a wheelchair, an excerpt from Chris Herring’s new book on how it all went wrong for the Knicks one night in the 1994 NBA Finals, and much more.

The hunger to end a long championship drought consumed the Georgia Bulldogs’ 2021 season—and they couldn’t have finally broken through in a more satisfying way. Georgia beat Alabama and Nick Saban to win its first national championship since 1980, and Sports Illustrated is celebrating the accomplishment with a special commemorative issue. The keepsake magazine covers every step of the journey, from a dominant regular season to the semifinal win over Michigan to the climactic victory over Alabama. Purchase Sports Illustrated’s commemorative issue online or on local newsstands now.

In the Sportsperson of the Year Issue, on sale tomorrow, Sports Illustrated celebrates the year’s best athletes, moments, photos, media and plays. Sportsperson of the Year Tom Brady tells senior writer Jon Wertheim how he’s forged his career longevity and what has changed since he last won the Sportsperson of the Year award in 2005. Muhammad Ali Legacy Award winner Billie Jean King, whose sportsmanship has also spanned decades, is profiled in the issue, along with Athletes of the Year Suni Lee and Caeleb Dressel and Breakthrough Athlete of the Year LaMelo Ball.

The WNBA carries serious momentum into its 25th anniversary season, which tips off this week. Now it’s time to take stock of where the league is, how it can grow its economic and cultural footprint – and how it’s being held back by forces that have nothing to do with the WNBA or its players. Contributing writer Kate Fagan has the story in Sports Illustrated’s June issue, available online today and on newsstands May 20. Also in this issue, quarterback Alex Smith ends on his terms with senior writer Greg Bishop, Mark Bechtel on the NBA’s program to mold the game’s emerging stars, Rohan Nadkarni on the trade that saved Caris LeVert’s life, and more.

In Sports Illustrated’s May issue -- available online and on newsstands Thursday Apr. 22. -- Michael Rosenberg interviews Trevor Lawrence, the best quarterback to come into the NFL draft in nearly a decade. Seemingly predestined for this moment since he was a little kid, Lawrence brings a novel outlook to the NFL – football is his passion, but not his identity. Also in this issue: Ryan Lochte tries to recapture Olympic glory, Dikembe Motumbo’s coffee adventure, and Jon Wertheim’s investigation of the forty-year mystery surrounding the death of Triple Crown winner Pleasant Colony’s veterinarian.