Sports Illustrated announced that Houston athletes J.J. Watt, of the Texans, and José Altuve, of the World Series Champion Astros, have been named the magazine’s 2017 Sportspersons of the Year.
The pair will accept the honor at SI’s Sportsperson of the Year Award Show on Dec. 5 at Barclays Center in New York. The show will be televised nationally for the first time, airing on NBCSN at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 and on Univision Deportes Network at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9.
