The Year in Sports Issue...

February 8, 1984 Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Cover: Sports: The Year in Sports Issue. (Top to bottom) 1ST Column: Football: Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino. Boxing: Heavyweight Larry Holmes. Hockey: New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith. USFL Football: New Jersey Generals Herschel Walker. Horse Racing: Sunny's Halo at Kentucky Derby. 2ND Column: College Basketball: North Carolina State Dereck Whittenburg, Thurl Bailey, and Sidney Lowe at NCAA Finals. Media: Sportscaster Howard Cosell. Golf: Tom Watson at British Open. Track & Field: USA Carl Lewis at IAAF Worlds. Basketball: San Diego Clippers Terry Cummings. 3RD Column: Tennis: USA John McEnroe at Wimbledon. Swimsuit: Cheryl Tiegs in Jamaica. Coll. Basketball: Kentucky Sam Bowie. Baseball: California Angels Ron Carew. Football: LA Rams Eric Dickerson. 4TH Column: Football: Washington Redskins John Riggins at Super Bowl XVII. Miami Dolphins Andra Franklin. Coll. Football: Nebraska Mike Rozier. Baseball: Atlanta Braves Dale Murphy. 5TH Column: Track: USA Edwin Moses at Koblenz. Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton. Tennis: USA Martina Navratilova at US Open. Boxing: Middleweight Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran. Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 1/1/1983--12/31/1983 CREDIT: Andy Hayt - Manny Millan - Paul Bereswill - Manny Rubio - Ronald C. Modra - Arnold Newman - Steve Powell - Walter Iooss Jr. - John Iacono - Peter Read Miller - Heinz Kluetmeier - Trevor Jones (Photo by SI Cover /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images/Getty Images) [(Set Number: X40000 X29244 (Marino) X28507 (Holmes) X28464 (Smith) X28130 (Walker) X28444 (Derby) X28283 (NC State) X28760 (Cosell) X28765 (Watson) X28864 (Lewis) X27840 (Cummings) X28686 (McEnroe) X27691 (Tiegs) X29359 (Bowie) X28481 (Carew) X29091 (Dickerson) X27987 (Riggins) X27920 (Franklin) X28949 (Rozier) X28647 (Murphy) X28957 (Moses) X29040 (Carlton) X28978 (Martina) X29272 (Hagler) X28386 (Abdul-Jabbar)]