On Sunday, Damar Hamlin will step on a frozen field in Kansas City. In uniform. In the conference championship game. One triumph from the Super Bowl. And “repaying” his blessings, he tells Greg Bishop: si.com/nfl/damar-haml…

In under an hour, Damar Hamlin will play in the AFC championship game, two years and 24 days after he died on a football field. He opened up to Sports Illustrated this week: si.com/nfl/damar-haml…

Even in this most uneven season, Patrick Mahomes was what he always is against the Buffalo Bills: inevitable. And that’s why Kansas City is one win away from making history, writes Greg Bishop: si.com/nfl/patrick-ma…

On Patrick Mahomes II, Andy Reid, Spags, another Chiefs postseason win over Buffalo and the half-inch that tipped another playoff game in Kansas City's favor. + insight on this season from everyone around him: si.com/nfl/patrick-ma…

Even in this most uneven season, Patrick Mahomes was what he always is against the Buffalo Bills: inevitable. And that’s why Kansas City is one win away from making history, writes Greg Bishop trib.al/kSXDi42

Patrick Mahomes Was What He Always Is Against Buffalo—Inevitable si.com/nfl/patrick-ma…

The 21 moments that helped the Eagles win their second Super Bowl. Greg Bishop on how the Eagles healed and came together ... just enough si.com/nfl/eagles-sup…

This Eagles championship season really dates back to Super Bowl LVII and all that happened in between. The Black Panther. The Note. The book club. The player-led meeting during the bye week. "I won't let you down." + much more. The self-help SB champs: si.com/nfl/eagles-sup…

Did the Eagles essentially win the Super Bowl during their Week 5 bye week? Yeah, Saquon Barkley says. Greg Bishop goes inside a two-year journey of healing before Philadelphia could win it all: si.com/nfl/eagles-sup…

Did the Eagles essentially win the Super Bowl during their Week 5 bye week? Yeah, Saquon Barkley says. Greg Bishop goes inside a two-year journey of healing before Philadelphia could win it all trib.al/ldeicxJ

Saquon Barkley, to teammates, b4 Week6: “In 20, 30 years, we don’t want to look back and say what could have been ... when I knew, I love these guys, and it was genuine. We’re not on Hard Knocks having that meeting." + 20 other moments in our SB cover: si.com/nfl/eagles-sup…

Talent, by itself, isn’t always enough. The Eagles learned that last season. But through growth and struggle, this team completed a two-year journey of healing to become Super Bowl champions, writes Greg Bishop si.com/nfl/eagles-sup…

From Sacramento, on an evening with a Major League game in a (souped-up) minor league stadium, where just about everything went right. Except the baseball: si.com/mlb/athletics-…

From the City of Nicknames, SAC, on a night with lawn seating, Cadillac diners, a ballpark vineyard, a "town" run by kids, a new setting for the MLB team with the most moves; on a night that had everything -- except baseball for A's fans to be proud of: si.com/mlb/athletics-…

There are six graduates from one of three service academies playing in the NFL, and Rayuan Lane III wants to be the seventh. Greg Bishop tells the story of Lane’s journey through life: si.com/nfl/naval-acad…

Nearly 50 years after being drafted by the Warriors, what’s it like for Denise Long Rife to see a WNBA team come to the Bay Area? Greg Bishop catches up with the sharpshooter from Iowa: trib.al/O2thuNF

Long before Golden State's WNBA expansion Valkyries, there was Denise Long, who was drafted, by the NBA's Warriors, back in 1969. From HS in Iowa to SF + Wilt + Johnny Carson + Mays + much, more more: si.com/wnba/nearly-50…

Denise (Long) Rife moved to Kansas/became a pharmacist/retired and never forgot that long-ago call from the NBA team that drafted her, while in high school. From there to the WNBA's Valkyries, this is Long's story, part of the wider women's hoops boom: si.com/wnba/nearly-50…

The Hall of Excellence opens Friday at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Staggering collection of memorabilia -- Jordan, Kobe, Ali, Oprah; voiced by Morgan Freeman. Swapped impressions with Tom Brady, who created Hall along with Jim and Frann Gray: si.com/hall-excellenc…

The Hall of Excellence opened today. The museum is the greatest collection of historic sports and entertainment artifacts ever assembled. Please join ⁦Tom Brady⁩ and I at the ⁦Fontainebleau Las Vegas⁩. #HallofExcellence #FontainebleauLasVegas fontainebleaulasvegas.com/experiences/ha…