Sports Illustrated whiffs on Sportsperson of the Year qualifications
by Carron J. Phillips from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5BA7A)
This column is not an indictment of LeBron James, Breanna Stewart, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, or Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. It is, however, a callout of Sports Illustrated for limiting their 2020 Sportsperson of the Year: The Activist Athlete" to those who were champions on the field, champions for others off it."