John Elway

For years now, it has been accepted gospel within the NFL that the celebrated 1983 first-round quarterback draft class is the best in league history, and with the three Hall of Fame careers of John Elway, Dan Marino...

It is equal parts arms race, high-stakes poker (we'll see your Shaq and raise you a 'Sheed) and familiar tradition, this practice of top teams selectively plucking an NBA veteran free agent and enticing him with the...

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.

There is a reason why it's called the Silly Season. How do you follow up something as memorable as a victory by the team of Natalie Gulbis and John Elway? Unless you're TV's Dancing With the Stars, you don't.

For a couple of years now, I have been playing around with the idea of a sports credit rating system. It seems that certain players, managers and coaches have a knack for getting credit. And certain players, managers...