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Mo'Ne Davis covers this week's issue of Sports Illustrated.

image of the cover of Sports Illustrated featuring Mo'Ne Davis, a 13-year-old black girl pitching a baseball in the Little League World series, accompanied by text reading: 'Mo'Ne: Remember Her Name (as if we could ever forget)'

At Mashable, Sam Laird notes:
Davis is the first Little Leaguer — male or female — to make Sports Illustrated's iconic cover, while her youth puts her in good company. Former tennis prodigies Tracy Austin and Jennifer Capriati also made it as 13-year-olds, in 1976 and 1990, respectively. Venus Williams (1997), Michelle Kwan (1998), LeBron James (2002), Maria Sharpova (2004), and Serena Williams (1999) all made it as 17-year-olds.
If you want to see Mo'Ne in action, she'll be pitching again tonight and the game will air on ESPN at 7:30 ET.

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