Not counting the preview issue, of course.
I’d say that cover may be one of the 100 best of all-time in the history of the magazine. Seriously. There’s something about it. Helps that Wall’s personality suggests this may have been the first or second take, too.
If only the damn thing wasn’t a regional cover. Regional covers are lame. Go big or go home, Sports Illustrated.
When Wall’s career is long over, I get the feeling this cover — and the predictable-yet-appropriate- headline — will seem pretty damn fitting.
If Kentucky wins the national title, something odds makers have at 5-to-1 right now, my bet is this will be one of three covers Wall appears on by mid-April.
Grant Wahl, who took a hiatus from the hoops-writing game in the past year due to writing a book and becoming absolutely obsessed with soccer, gets back into the swing of things with the feature on the most recognizable face in college basketball.
He’s the Shizz {SI}
