2022 SI Sportsman of the Year

[HanSenSE]

Steph Curry. Absolute no-brainer.
Stephen Curry is SI's 2022 Sportsperson of the Year - Sports Illustrated

 

[BTExpress]

Shouda been Hendon Hooker.

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[Guy_Incognito]

Steph Curry. Absolute no-brainer.
Stephen Curry is SI's 2022 Sportsperson of the Year - Sports Illustrated

No brainer? Over Judge?
If that's true, can anyone whose team doesn't win it all ever win?
Of course the title makes a big difference, but I think it's equally about the cultural place of baseball vs. basketball today.

 

[BTExpress]

Maybe they didn't want to give it to a person who could suddenly be on a different team by the time the issue came out.

 

[HanSenSE]

In recent years, SI has given a lot of weight to what winners do off the field as well as on it. That's what tilted things in Curry's favor, no doubt.

 

[rubenmateo]

SI has also trended toward keeping it to three categories: Football, Basketball and Female Athletes. After Brady and Curry the last two years, the U.S. women's World Cup team, should it win the title, will have some sort of representation in 2023. If it doesn't, SI could get creative and go with one male athlete and one female athlete who have similar off-the-field credentials.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Oh, can it pleeeeeze be Megan Rapinoe in 2023?

 

[TigerVols]

Are we sure the award is not a deep-fake?

 

[dixiehack]

In recent years, SI has given a lot of weight to what winners do off the field as well as on it. That's what tilted things in Curry's favor, no doubt.

Judge disrupted two weekends worth of college football. How much more impact do you need?

 

[DanOregon]

Are we sure the award is not a deep-fake?

heck of a way to promote the issue. Tiger got a hologram from SI, Steph got a doctored video. I do wonder since newstand sales and advertising are pretty much moot now with the magazine, if that changes how the award is decided.

 

[poindexter]

This message board may be the last place on earth that cares about the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

 

[CD Boogie]

Good to know SI is still publishing