| Sports gp. | 10 |
| Sports gp. with divisions | 25 |
| Sports great | 12 |
| Sports great from Stockholm | 27 |
| Sports great nicknamed "O Rei" ("The King") | 63 |
| Sports great on a 2006 stamp | 28 |
| Sports great seen on "Dancing with the Stars" | 55 |
| Sports group | 12 |
| Sports group based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 44 |
| Sports group for tykes | 22 |
| Sports group: Abbr. | 19 |
| Sports grouping | 15 |
| Sports guy | 10 |
| Sports headline fodder | 22 |
| Sports headline item | 20 |
| Sports headline? | 16 |
| Sports headliner | 16 |
| Sports heavyweights | 19 |
| Sports hero who was especially goal-oriented? | 45 |
| Sports hero who wore #10 | 24 |
| Sports highlight, sometimes | 27 |
| Sports hiree | 12 |
| Sports history | 14 |
| Sports history-maker of 1983 | 28 |
| Sports honor since 1993 | 23 |
| Sports honorary title | 21 |
| Sports Illustrated 1998 co-Sportsman of the Year | 48 |
| Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century | 53 |
| Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999 | 61 |
| Sports Illustrated readers, e.g. | 32 |
| Sports Illustrated reporter Roberts | 35 |
| Sports Illustrated span | 23 |
| Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover model Benitez | 55 |
| Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Shayk | 39 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1970 Sportsman of the Year | 51 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1971 Sportsman of the Year | 51 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year | 51 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1984 co-Sportsman of the Year | 54 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1984 Sportswoman of the Year | 53 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1992 Sportsman of the Year | 51 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1998 co-Sportsman of the Year | 54 |
| Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Century" | 66 |
| Sports Illustrated's 2010 Sportsman of the Year | 51 |
| Sports Illustrated's first two-time Sportsman of the Year, 1996 and 2000 | 76 |
| Sports Illustrated's manager of the decade (2000-09) | 56 |
| Sports Illustrated's owner | 30 |
| Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the 20th Century | 54 |
| Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century | 49 |
| Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year between Jordan and Shula | 71 |
| Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1970 | 54 |
| Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, 1970 | 52 |
| Sports info | 11 |
| Sports initials | 15 |
| Sports inits. since 1922 | 24 |
| Sports injuries | 15 |
| Sports injuries, often | 22 |
| Sports injury | 13 |
| Sports injury specialist? | 25 |
| Sports intermission | 19 |
| Sports item usually seen in pairs | 33 |
| Sports item with a concave head | 31 |
| Sports jacket | 13 |
| Sports jacket feature | 21 |
| Sports jackets | 14 |
| Sports jersey material | 22 |
| Sports journalist Andrews | 25 |
| Sports journalist Hammond of the Golf Channel | 45 |
| Sports judge | 12 |
| Sports league members | 21 |
| Sports league that awards the Conn Smythe Trophy | 48 |
| Sports league that used a red-white-and-blue ball: Abbr. | 56 |
| Sports league V.I.P. | 20 |
| Sports league-backed cable network | 34 |
| Sports legend Arthur | 20 |
| Sports legend Bobby | 19 |
| Sports legend from Kentucky | 27 |
| Sports legend of 1920 | 21 |
| Sports legend who wore the number 10 | 36 |
| Sports legend whose #4 was retired | 34 |
| Sports legend with a 20-1 record | 32 |
| Sports legend with the autobiography "Open" | 53 |
| Sports legends | 14 |
| Sports legends Jim and Arnold | 29 |
| Sports legends, e.g. | 20 |
| Sports lists | 12 |
| Sports locale | 13 |
| Sports locales | 14 |
| Sports logo since 1972 | 22 |
| Sports lover | 12 |
| Sports lovers | 13 |
| Sports mascot who's a popular bobblehead figure | 51 |
| Sports math | 11 |
| Sports MD's specialty | 25 |
| Sports meas. of effectiveness | 29 |
| Sports mecca in Queens | 22 |
| Sports men | 10 |
| Sports metric where a perfect score is 158.3 | 44 |
| Sports milieu | 13 |
| Sports model Gabrielle | 22 |
| Sports negotiating group | 24 |