There have been a total of 9 sports figures (singular or plural) that have been on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time, and Newsweek in THE SAME WEEK. Name them, and bonus points if you can name what event warranted the publicity.
This isn’t easy. The ones that probably jump out at you as being easy are not even correct. After about 100 wrong guesses, I had gotten seven of them.
Now, the disclaimer: Someone ran this question by me last night at a bar – I have not verified his answers – but he was very sports knowledgeable and seemed confident.
I’ll tell you how many you have right (but not which ones) to start with. If it drags on too long, then I’ll tell you which ones are correct.
Now, have at it!
Not that I think it’s on the level of the other accomplishments, but he’s so popular with the media that I’d have to guess he’d be on all 3 at some time.
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[li]Muhammad Ali – stripped of his title for draft dodging[/li][li]OJ – arrested for murder[/li][li]1980 US Hockey Team – gold medal[/li][li]Joe Namath – 1969 Superbowl[/li][/ul]
And on preview, nope Vinnie, no dice but good guesses.