The Sports Illustrated Cover
March 2, 2005 6:51 AM
Area bookstores and newsstands are on stampede alert as Dee Brown graces the March 7 cover of Sports Illustrated. The issue features a profile of Brown and a preview of the NCAA tournament. It is the third time ever that University of Illinois athletes have been featured on the SI cover.
Previous Illini Sports Illustrated Covers
January 22, 1979 - Ohio St. Upsets Illinois
October 12, 1964 - Dick Butkus
Other Covers of Note
March 21, 2005 - Dee Brown
Dee Brown (located in the lower-right of the cover) was the Illini's representative on SI's 2005 Tournament cover montage.
February 7, 2005 - Illini diagonal headline
March 22, 2004 - Dee Brown
Dee Brown (located near the center of the page) was again the Illini's representative on SI's 2004 Tournament cover montage, featuring the entire field of 65.
February 19, 2001 - Illini diagonal headline
April 30, 1990 - Jeff George
April 3, 1989 - Steve Bardo
Illini guard Steve Bardo was pictured in the small photo insert—where the Seton Hall player is pictured above—in 1989. A player from each of the teams that made the Final Four that year was rotated into the photo insert (thus there were four different versions of the cover).
Bonus - Champaign's own Bonnie Blair
December 19, 1994
February 28, 1994
February 24, 1992
- Sports Illustrated Covers Archive
[si.cnn.com] - Face of college hoop is now illustrated
[pjstar.com] - Dee Brown Sports Illustrated Cover (large image)
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