⚽ Sport

Rebounding Hope. Artist Mark Ulriksen has been signing New Yorker covers for more than 25 years, including this May 21, 2021 cover. Passionate about sports, the artist likes to depict athletes as frozen in a decisive action where movement and time are suspended. Here, this game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks heralds the next basketball season, when the stands can once again be filled with the fervor of the fans (sadly replaced by virtual fans on screen during the pandemic). A good omen to see Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden on the court, represented here in low angle to highlight the immensity of these giants who are on the verge of the sky and the net.