SI: Under the Cover

Go inside the life of one of the premier wide receivers in the NFL as Julio Jones gives you a look into what it's like to be an All-Pro wideout. A Sports Illustrated Original.

Experience SI's #1 Tailgate in the country when SI Senior Writer Andy Staples treks out to Baton Rouge.

Inside the journey of one-handed UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin

For professional wrestlers like Dylan Postl, they have the tough choice for little people in wrestling. Give up the dream or play along with the joke?

The Denver Nuggets have exploded as the internet nerd's favorite team with a young core, a unique star, and one of the most exciting and efficient offenses in the league. With a veteran coach and a front office committed to winning, only time will tell if the Nuggets can become a true contender in the Western Conference.

Inside the life of Clemson WR Hunter Renfrow, an original walk-on who earned a scholarship in 2015, and has put together one of the great stories in Clemson history with four touchdowns in two national title games against Alabama.

The Saints’ record-breaking rookie running back has found himself—really found himself—in the Big Easy. He walks home from games, strolls the streets of the Quarter and more.

As the 3rd pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, Dion Jordan's life was turned upside down by the bright lights and temptations of South Beach. With the help of his trainer Tareq Azim, he was able to get his career, and life back on track.

Documenting two teams in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships — one of which has won seven of 12 tournaments, the other of childhood friends who bring a beer-can Stanley Cup every year — this event is presented “as nature intended”

Lizandro Claros Saravia was set to play soccer at a college in North Carolina. When he went to inform ICE of his scholarship, he and his brother were deported, forcing them to pick up the pieces of their lives in Nicaragua.

In his last game with the Patriots, Malcolm Butler famously did not play a single defensive snap in Super Bowl LII. Now, he’s a free agent about to make the biggest professional decision of his life.

Saquon Barkley wasn't always a can't-miss player, but his coaches, teammates and family reveal to SI how he transformed himself into one of the highest-regarded draft prospects of the decade.

The outspoken big man enters the NBA draft after a college career marked with criticism and controversy. Now, he has a chip on his shoulder.

A refugee camp in a forgotten area houses a fully functioning society, including its own government, housing, shopping, and a national soccer team.

This Central African republic was deeply scarred by brutal genocide. Nowhere are the scars more obvious than in an amputee soccer league.

In a country ravaged by HIV, a non-profit seeks to use soccer as a means of combatting the epidemic.

From a tiny village came a true David vs. Goliath soccer story. But a hunting ban has led an underdog team — and its village — to hard times.

SI's Charlotte Wilder gets a look behind the curtain at the insane, high-octane, crazy train world of competitive air guitar.

Andy Reid's coaching tree has grown to one of the largest in the NFL, with seven of his former assistants now holding head coaching positions. Hear five of Reid's proteges describe the impact of their former mentor.

A year after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, survivors of the Route 91 Harvest festival massacre share how the Golden Knights' improbable debut season helped them begin to grieve.

As a Heisman candidate, WVU QB Will Grier has a lot of responsibility on the field. But he has even more at home, where he's raising one-year-old daughter Ellie with his wife, Jeanne.

U.S. Chess has its most talent in nearly 50 years. Meet Fabiano Caruana, who's taking on World Champion Magnus Carlsen in an attempt to become the first American to win the title since Bobby Fischer in 1972.

The jagged mountains of Kyrgyzstan play host to perhaps the most unique sporting event on the planet: the World Nomad Games. From horseback archery to falconry to kok boru (goat carcass polo), the competition aims to revive the culture of the ancient tribes that used to roam the earth.

From homelessness in high school, to Division I football, to a preseason roster, Vontae Diggs has come a long way. But after being cut by the Redskins in August, Diggs was forced to return to his roots, and contemplate life on the outside of the NFL looking in.

At age 40, what drives Manny Pacquiao to keep fighting, long past the age when most fighters hang up the gloves?