Cover of the May 5, 2003 Sports Illustrated issue owned by Robert Johnson

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A mounted cover of the May 5, 2003 Sports Illustrated issue featuring the “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.” Printed at the top fourth the magazine's cover is the masthead printed in large gold text outlined in white and shadowed in black that reads [SPORTS / ILLUSTRATED]. The cover is primarily red and features twenty-eight, small color photographs of sports athletes, coaches, and managers, printed with their names and rankings. All of the subjects are shown in close-up, depicted from the shoulders up. They are arranged in rows surrounding a gold, rectangular graphic with the main cover story printed in large red and white text that reads [101 / MOST/ INFLUENTIAL / MINORITIES/ IN SPORTS]. The gold graphic has thin black and white rectangular frames. Featured from left to right in the top row is: Tiger Woods, Ichiro Suzuki, Kobe Bryant, Kim Ng, Robert Johnson, Yao Ming, Felipe Alou, and Serena Williams.

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