Philadelphia athletes Charles Barkley and Michael Vick have given Sports Illustrated their nominations for the magazine’s “Sportsman of the Year” award. Barkley’s pick: Tennis champ Andy Murray, of course, for reasons that may soon become apparent. “Think about it: Murray is one of the four or five best players in a 10-year period and he happens to playing against three of the best players ever. So when he finally got over the hump, I was so happy for him.” As for Vick, his pick was Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas. “There’s always pressure in anything that you do, just in life in general. So to be competing in a sport you practiced all your life, sometimes that pressure seems to go away and you’re able to deal with it on a different level, so it almost becomes fun. That’s what I saw during the Olympics, when Gabby won gold medals in the individual all-around and team competitions. She was ready.” [Sports Illustrated]