Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Bill Hall is one illustrator who specializes in sports themes: http://www.billhall.com/

John Cuneo has been doing spot illustrations for Sports Illustrated for the last few years.

Bart Forbes immediately came to mind:
http://bartforbes.com/

Bernie Fuchs as well.

One guy I've used over the years is Phill Flanders. GREAT old school, traditional media, tight caricature renderings. He doesn't have a web site but you can reach him via hotmail.

One of my favorite books is "Swiss Sports Posters" by Karl Wobmann and Max Triet, published by ABC Edition Zurich (ABC Verlag Zürich) publish 1983 ISBN 3-85504-077-x. If you can find a copy...

Celia Calle has something sports related: http://www.celiacalle.com/ (especially editorial section)

This might be worth a look - Match Day: Football Programmes, edited by Paul Kelly and Bob 'Saint Etienne' Stanley;

# Paperback: 208 pages
# Publisher: FUEL Publishing (Oct 2006)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0955006147
# ISBN-13: 978-0955006142
# Product Dimensions: 31.8 x 22 x 1.6 cm

"It covers the golden age of British football, a time of local pride and growing success, of "Roy of the Rovers" good feeling, all of which is reflected in period designs, colorful graphics and charming illustrations, far from the glossy corporate memorabilia that fans accumulate today."

If you wanna go old school, Jack Davis has done tons of sports related illustrations for the MLB, NFL, NBA, and his alma mata - the University of Georgia.

You can occasionally find some of those old books on ebay.

What about Robert Cunningham? I know he did lots of work for Sports Illustrated. Anyone know where I can find more of his work?

Can't forget Dick Perez, who did the Diamond Kings baseball cards...

http://www.dickperez.com/psg_dk_main.asp

Mark....I used to love those cards as a kid and was always in awe w/ Perez's illos.

I've posted the request over at Sportsfilter , just in case anyone there might have some suggestions.

Bill Gallo still cartooning for the NY Daily News
Bob Peak did stuff for SI
Vernon Wells
Bruce Stark sports caricatures

Joe Morse is in Toronto, does some sports illos currently:

Joe Morse.com

Check out the work of Jeff Wong at http://www.jeffwong.com/. You are likely to remember his version of the Sistine Chapel for Sports Illustrated, viewable in part and in whole on his website.

Not a single mention of Willard Mullin:'The Dean of American Sports Cartooning?

C.F. Payne is a HUGE sports junky. Has done loads of work for Sports Illustrated and there is a lot of sport subject matter in his Our America series for Reader's Digest. Not to mention the kid's books he's illustrated like Casey at Bat, Mighty Jackie and Curse of the Bambino.
Google him...

You should check the beautiful watercolours of ohioan Jeff Suntala at www.suntala.com.
He also has a very interesting blog about historic ballparks.
Enjoy !

Heck, haven't most of us done sports illustration at one time or another? I just finished a Charles Barkley piece and have a sports section on my site (www.kenmeyerjr.com). Great entries from everyone else, by the way.

Have you seen the sports mascot caricatures by Jim Harris? Nice detail and I'm pretty sure he's a Society of Illustrators Medal winner.