Sports Illustrated features the actor Mark Wahlberg, 39, stripped down to fighter gear, and lauds the film as the “Best Sports Movie of the Decade.” This also marks one of the rare times in the 56-year history of the publication (which, like us is part of Time Inc.) that a non-athlete has graced the cover. Mark Wahlberg not only received glowing reviews for his undertstated performance as the real-life junior welterweight Mickey Ward in The Fighter, but he unexpectedly landed a national magazin
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Mark Wahlberg Sports Illustrated Cover 2011
