Aerial Sports Photos Taken From Above the Action

Aerial Sports Photos Taken From Above the Action
Aerial Sports Photos Taken From Above the Action /

Aerial Sports Photos Taken From Above the Action

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JJasper Juinen/Getty Images

Maria Sharapova serves to Justine Henin at the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships in Madrid, Spain.

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Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated

UCLA's Lew Alcindor (33) and Houston's Elvin Hayes battle for the tipoff in the Game of the Century, played in January 1968.

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Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated

Gabby Douglas at the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials.

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Pouya Dianat/Sports Illustrated

Julio Jones makes a play on the ball against the San Francisco 49ers in a 2013 NFC playoff game.

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Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers dunks the ball over a car in the final round of the 2011 NBA Slam Dunk contest.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Barbaro and jockey Edgar Prado winning the 2006 Kentucky Derby by a huge margin.

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Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated

Muhammad Ali's 1966 knockout of Cleveland Williams in front of an Astrodome crowd of 35,460, a record at the time for an indoor fight.

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Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated

Michael Jordan flies to the rim for a dunk in this 1987 action portrait.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Michael Phelps in the 200-meter butterfly semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Matthias Steiner of Germany attempts to get from under the weights he dropped at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Worn out decathletes after the 1,500-meter run at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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Bob Martin/Sports Illustrated

Hungary swimmer Ervin Kovacs starts the 200-meter freestyle SM5 at the 2004 Paralympic Games.

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Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Holly Holm stands over a knocked ouyt Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, held in Melbourne, Australia, in November 2015.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

UCLA's Natalie Williams in a 1991 match against Stanford.

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Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated

Ed Sprague of the Toronto Blue Jays watches a foul ball off his bat during the 1993 American League playoffs.

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Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated

Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilson Alvarez stands under the last out pop up in a 1993 playoff game.

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AJ Mast/Sports Illustrated

Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley running a 40-yard dash at the 2015 NFL Combine.

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

USA goalie Jim Craig and Ken Morrow (3) defending the net in the 1980 Miracle on Ice victory over the USSR in Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

The view from the triple jump pit at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

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Greg Nelson /Sports Illustrated

A UConn player on the screen at AT&T Stadium in Arlington with the USA flag unfurled below prior to a 2014 Final Four game between the Huskies and Florida.

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David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated

New Mexico's Cameron Bairstow (41) and Stanford's Dwight Powell during the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

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Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated

Penn State players celebrate their 2014 national volleyball championship win over BYU.

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Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated

Ben McLemore dunks over Shaquille O'Neal during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans.

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Mel Levine/Sports Illustrated

New York City Marathon runners on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in 1983.

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John Biever /Sports Illustrated

Suzy Favor Hamilton is helped off the track after falling during the 1,500-meter final at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated

Michael Jordan signing autographs with fans after a 1987 game vs. the Detroit Pistons.

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Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated

In a fight that lasted just two minutes and eight seconds, Neil Leifer captured this memorable photo of Muhammad Ali's knockout of Sonny Liston in 1965.

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Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Members of Korea's team pursuit squad at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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Pouya Dianat/Sports Illustrated

Tony Gonzalez does his signature dunk over the goal post, this time after scoring in a 2013 playoff game against San Francisco.

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(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Edmonton's Cam Talbot blocks a shot as teammates Matt Hendricks and Darnell Nurse also defend against Philadelphia in a 2016 game.

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John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated

The Dream Team's Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Magic Johnson during the final against Croatia in 1992.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Crimson Tide running back Lawrence Erekosima works on a confetti angel after Alabama's win over Clemson in the 2016 national title game.

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Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated

The scene from the 2004 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariotta gets pressured by an Ohio State's Tyquan Lewis in the 2015 college football national title game.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

The 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Pouya Dianat/Sports Illustrated

San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick escapes Atlanta defenders during a 2013 playoff game in the Georgia Dome.

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Chris Keane /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

A look at the Dean Smith Center during a game between North Carolina and North Carolina State.

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Lynn Johnson/Sports Illustrated

The view of Cigar in the stall with his handler in 1995.

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Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated

Skip to the Stone (second from left) with Victor Espinoza up, comes out of the gate en route to winning the 2001 Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct.

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Tim Clayton/Sports Illustrated

Mets pitcher Matt Harvey warms up in bullpen before a game against the New York Yankees.

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Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated

Toronto Blue Jays players greeting Joe Carter at home plate after his World Series-winning home run in 1993 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated

One of the semifinal heats of the 60-meter hurdles at the 1999 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Atlanta.

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David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated

Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings in action vs. Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr in 1998.

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Mike Cooper/Allsport

Mika Hakkinen of Finland, David Coulthard of Great Britain and Michael Schumacher of Germany on the winners podium after the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Lennox Lewis lands a left to the head of David Tua during 2000 heavyweight championship bout in Las Vegas.

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Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated

Action in the men's individual All-Around final at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

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Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird in action vs. Magic Johnson of the L.A. Lakers during Game 1 of the 1985 NBA Finals.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Florida's Steven Harris holds up the trophy after the Gators defeated Ohio State in the 2007 BCS championship game.

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David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated

Slovakia's Olympic hockey team before a game against the U.S. at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Nigeria's 4x100 meter relay team rejoices after winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated

Referee Zack Clayton counts out George Foreman after Muhammad Ali downed him in the eighth round of their 1974 bout.

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Pouya Dianat/Sports Illustrated

Georgia running back Todd Gurley being tackled by an Alabama defender in the 2012 SEC Championship game.

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Bob Rosato/Sports Illustrated

Usain Bolt of Jamaica leading the field in a 100-meter semifinal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

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Luis Sojo of the Seattle Mariners trying to beat Omar Vizquel of the Cleveland Indians to the bag in the 1995 ALCS.

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Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Hungary vs. Canada in a women's water polo preliminary game at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

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John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated

Toronto's Vince Carter at the 2000 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest.

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David Bergman/Sports Illustrated

Competitors at the 2014 European Handball Federation's final four, which included ZRK Vardar vs ZRK Buducnos.

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Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Pavel Bure of Vancouver in action vs New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

LSU takes the field ahead of the 2012 BCS national championship game against Alabama.

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Andrew Hancock /Sports Illustrated

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer with his players before a playoff game vs Michigan State at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Donald Miralle/Sports Illustrated

A competitor at the 2014 U.S. Surfing Championships in Huntington, Calif.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Yei Yah of Nigeria in a heat of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Ronald C. Modra/Sports Illustrated

Sergei Bubka pole vaulting in 1988.

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Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Jorgen Persson of Sweden and Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece compete in table tennis at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Oregon linebacker Tyson Coleman takes aim at Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones in the 2015 college football national title game.

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

A professional bull rider at a 2013 rodeo in Hollywood, Fla.

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Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated

Aaron Hernandez looses the ball while being tackled by Michael Boley of the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

Troy Dumais of the U.S. en route to a sixth-place finish in the springboard at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated

Former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott in her luxury box at Riverfront Stadium.

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Chris Trotman/NASCAR via Getty Images

Denny Hamlin takes the checkered flag ahead of Martin Truex Jr. in the 2016 Daytona 500, the closest finish in the history of the race.

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David Goddard/Getty Images

Day three of the 1st Investec Ashes Test match between England and Australia in July 2015.

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

Kristi Yamaguchi in action during the women's singles free skating finals at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

Janie Wagstaff in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

One of the yachts in the 2006 Volvo Around the World Sailing race.

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Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

The pack rides during the fifth stage of the 2004 Tour de France cycling race between Amiens and Chartres.

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Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated

The view from inside Cowboys Stadium before Dallas played the New York Giants in September 2009.

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Alvis Upitis/Getty Images

Triathletes swim the 2.4 mile portion of the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua Bay, Hawaii.

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Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated

Toronto catcher Pat Borders making the tag at on Mark Lemke of the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of the 1992 World Series.

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Bill Frakes/Sports Illustrated

Gilbertville (Iowa) Don Bosco's Mack Reiter, top, has Lake Mills' Dan Helgeson in a choke-hold during the 2003 Class 1A, 125-pound championship match in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Julia Pakhalina, left, and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia competing in the synchronized springboard final at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

Dick Hoyt pushing his son Rick in the Wheelchair Division race of the 1991 Boston Marathon.

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Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Ohio State's field goal team during the 2015 national championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated

Surfers during a paddle-out ceremony in memory of NFL standout Junior Seau at Oceanside Beach. Calif., in 2012.

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Mark J. Terrill/AP

Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins watches a shot by the Los Angeles Clippers go in the basket.


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