[Editor’s note: This story was written by Tim Layden during his 25-year career as a senior writer at SI. He is currently a writer-at-large for NBC Sports.] On the occasion of a man’s death, society ...
When Sports Illustrated’s Steve Rushin set out to write a five-part series called “How We Got Here” for the 40th anniversary of SI in 1994, he chose Brown to speak for the modern athlete. “He was ...