Sports Illustrated is letting you pick the cover of our annual year-end issue. We have compiled the top 15 sports moments of the year and you can choose the one you think is most cover-worthy. Just visit SI’s Facebook page and cast your vote, whether it’s Lionel Messi leading Barcelona to a victory over Manchester United in the finals of the Champions League. (REUTERS/Eddie Keogh)
CAST YOUR VOTE: Click here to vote for the year-end cover
For the second time in four weeks, Tim Tebow is the subject of this week’s cover. Can the Broncos keep up their hot streak against the Patriots? Find out on Sunday.
Sidney Crosby and Mikael Samuelsson fight for a loose puck during Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. Crosby is just one of 22 NHL players currently sidelined by head injury, writes SI.com’s Stu Hackel. (David E. Klutho/SI)
HACKEL: The NHL’s worst nightmare coming true as head injuries increase
VIDEO: Explaining Crosby’s symptoms | How Pens should manage Crosby
PHOTO GALLERY: Notable hockey careers cut short by concussion
Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis knocks Bruins forward Milan Lucic off his skates with a hard check during Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. This photo was chosen by SI photographer David E. Klutho as one of his best shots of the year. Find out which other photos were chosen by SI photographers below. (David E. Klutho/SI)
GALLERY: SI Photographers Pick Their Best Photos of the Year
SI VAULT: Thomas helps bring Stanley Cup to Boston (6.27.11)
Sports Illustrated is letting you pick the cover of our annual year-end issue. We have compiled the top 15 sports moments of the year and you can choose the one you think is most cover-worthy. Just visit SI’s Facebook page and cast your vote, whether it’s Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th career hit or another event. (John Iacono/SI)
CAST YOUR VOTE: Click here to help choose the year-end SI cover
GALLERY: Rare Photos of Derek Jeter
Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees catch up in front of a throng of reporters following a Packers-Saints game last September. SI’s Jim Trotter has the two listed at No. 1 and 2 in his ranking of the NFL’s top quarterbacks. (Jeff Hanisch/US Presswire)
TROTTER: Ranking the quarterbacks - from Rodgers to Tebow to Palko
Sports Illustrated will announce its 2011 Sportsman of the Year today at 11 a.m. In honor of this event, we’ll be posting photos of former Sportsman of the Year winners all week. Here’s an aerial shot of Michael Jordan, who won the award in 1991. (Walter Iooss Jr./SI)
SI VAULT: Michael Jordan stands at the pinnacle of his game (12.23.91)
Tim Tebow did it again, leading the Broncos to a fourth quarter victory over the Vikings (and their helmet-less DE Jared Allen). The Broncos, who now lead the AFC West with a 7-5 record, are 6-1 since Tebow took over as starting quarterback. (Rich Gabrielson/Icon SMI)
KING MMQB: Tebow, Rodgers respond with pressure on in Week 13
BANKS: Rodgers, Green Bay pass their toughest test of the season
BANKS: No stopping Tebow and more thoughts from Week 13
MACK: Game-by-game fantasy observations, analysis
Alex Ovechkin is excited today. The Capitals star had been benched by coach Bruce Boudreau earlier this season but Washington fired the colorful coach in an effort to boost the team’s poor play. (Reuters/Jim Young)
FARBER: Don’t expect Ovechkin to rip Dale Hunter
HACKEL: Boudreau paid for the Caps’ failure to adjust
