1957/12/23 - Special Holiday Issue front cover features Sportsman of the Year Stan Musial at the top left, Bowl Previews at top right, plus other features covered inside on bottom half of cover

  • The Sporting Year Makes a Colorful Exit
  • The Sportsman of the Year - Stan Musial - 6-1/2 full pages of coverage including one full-page color photo of Stan the Man
  • A Special Bowl Day Football Package runs from pages 36-53
  • New Bridge Quiz by Charles Goren
  • Best in Show - A Christmas fable for dog lovers and everybody by Fred Gwynne
  • Flip-Top Zoo - A brand new cutout pastime for young and old - designed by Jerome Kuhl
  • The Silver Anniversary All-America by John Tibby - 25 football players of 25 years ago who've earned election to the Silver All-America
  • A Rare Bird -- And a Groaning Board - The wild turkey
  • Revolution in Skiing -- Part 3 by Willy Schaeffler and Robert Riger
  • Powder Snow in Oberland by Toni Frissell and Robert Wernick
  • The World of Singing Skies - A literary testament from a great sportsman-author -- Lord Dunsany
  • Bothwell's Banshees - A Californian's collection of vintage racing cars - 2 pages in color
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features