Hedley Donovan, editor-in-chief of Time, Inc., accepted the Missouri Medal for Sports Illustrated magazine, a publication of Time, Inc.

For the past 20 years, Sports Illustrated has documented the expanding role sports play in our lives through penetrating articles far beyond the usual sports report.

Its innovations in magazine technology, particularly in the development of fast-color printing and photography, have brought a fresh approach to the sporting world for the 14 million readers who follow, play, watch and talk sports.

Updated: July 13, 2012