ESPN magazine just closed the issue late Sunday night instead of Thursday, as they were awaiting the outcome of who will be going to the Super Bowl. Accordingly, they had to make sure they had cover options for the likeliest scenarios. Always bitter cause that meant they had to kill a lot of great work of talented illustrators: here the final one, artwork by Richard Roberts

Creative Director: Chin Wang
Art Directors: Rami Moghadam, Eric Paul
Associate Art Directors: Luke Knox, Munehito Sawada
Senior Designers: Christopher DeLisle, Linda Root Pouder, Paul Wallen
Senior Director Photography: Karen Frank