Phil Taylor

As a senior editor for Sports Illustrated, Phil Taylor has covered the NBA for the past seven years. In response to the two questions he is most often asked about his job, Taylor says, "Yes, I do know Michael Jordan, and no, I can't get you his autograph." For VIA0, Taylor writes about a different kind of hero: Attorney Alan Austin from Palo Alto, Calif., who survived two nights in a blinding blizzard because he knew what to do when lost in the snow.