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This Is A Kraftwerk Pun On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated

Jack Dickey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:00 EST

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SI, as guest-edited by the old guy on staff at Pitchfork. [Via SI Now] More »

Eric LeGrand Is Learning To Walk And Getting The Cover Of Sports Illustrated

Sports Radio Interviews — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:45:46 EST

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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: LeGrand's story is a positive one. More »

LeBron James Wouldn't Let Walter Iooss Jr., Who Was Photographing Him For Nike, Speak Directly To Him

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:50:00 EST

If you get a chance to pick up last week's Sports Illustrated issue without gagging at the cover, it's worth flipping through to Walter Iooss Jr.'s career retrospective. The photographer has been shooting athletes and swimsuit models for SI for 50 years, and it turns out that he's got as many wonderful anecdotes about famous athletes as he does iconic images of them. More »

Dear Joe Posnanski: Baseball Is Not Like Life

Jack Dickey — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:20:00 EDT

In our weekly excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, noted author and occasional NFL roundtabler Stefan Fatsis wants to quibble with those writers who took last week's two-hour-long orgasm that ended the baseball regular season, and turned it into some kind of metaphor for life. In particular, he takes issue with modern-day baseball saint Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated. More »

Derek Jeter And Tom Brady Were Awkward High School Boys Once

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:30:30 EDT

The SI Vault published 28 photographs of athletes from their high school yearbooks today. There are plenty of highlights—Brett Favre's mullet, Barry Bonds's jheri curl, and Mark McGwire's poignant senior quote, to name a few—but our personal favorites feature young, awkward Derek Jeter and young, awkward Tom Brady, before they were really Derek Jeter and Tom Brady. More »

Stories That Don't Suck: SportsFeat's Guide To The Ballplayer's Twilight

Max Linsky | SportsFeat — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:38:25 EDT

Every Friday, SportsFeat picks a few great weekend reads for Deadspin. In honor of Derek Jeter and his labored quest for 3,000 hits, here are well-told stories of ballplayers just before, in the years after, or at the exact moment they retired. More »

SI's Post-Championship Cover: Recycling A Jim Nantz Pun

Jack Dickey — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:40:00 EDT

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Earlier today, we brought you wretched flashbacks from last night, when Jim Nantz, who is usually sharpei if mastiff, deployed the oldest dog-related puns in the bark. It was an announcing boner—the shih tzu see too often on TV. The line stank like poodle the moment we heard it. More »

Soaring Moments In SI Super Bowl-ese

Jack Dickey — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:40:54 EST

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Sports Illustrated put all their Super Bowl coverage ever in one place. This is good for you, if you are Ernie Accorsi, or something. Otherwise? You get 44 years' worth of melodrama, dated references and similes. More »

Smart People Talk About Sports Illustrated's 1968 Series About Black Athletes

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:10:24 EST

On Monday, we excerpted from Jack Olsen's 1968 Sports Illustrated series, "The Black Athlete—A Shameful Story." Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast discusses those stories with one of Olsen's subjects, Donald Smith (now Zaid Abdul-Aziz). Go listen. More »

When A Dance With A White Woman Divided An NFL Team

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:00:57 EST

Occasionally, we'll select stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that we urge you to read for one reason or another. Today: the St. Louis Cardinals of the mid-1960s and their "racial problem." More »

"Sick" Jon Heyman Impersonator Infuriates "Real" Jon Heyman With Greinke-To-Phillies Ruse

Brian Hickey — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST

Seems as if a Philadelphia blogger started a Hot Stove frenzy last night by Tweeting that the Phillies and Royals worked out a deal for Zack Greinke while cyber-costumed as Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman. More »

Let's Talk Rationally About The Theory That November's SI Kids Cover Is A Cleveland Diss

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:44:38 EST

Rational people of the world, let's be rational together. This month's SI Kids' cover was a harmless rendering of Miami's Big Three as the Three Musketeers, not a malicious stab at the Cleveland Cavaliers and their preteen fan base. More »

The Imperfect Man Pitched A Perfect Game, Lost His Pants

Andy Gray — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:30:25 EDT

Welcome to Private Stache, an occasional feature in which Andy Gray, keeper of Sports Illustrated's indispensable Vault, spotlights the sports photography of yesteryear, a time when athletes wore short shorts and facial hair, and everyone looked vaguely uncomfortable. More »

Private Stache: Jimmy Connors And Chris Evert, Love-Love

Andy Gray — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:20:11 EDT

As keeper of Sports Illustrated's indispensable Vault, Andy Gray spends a lot of his time sifting through the sports photography of another time, when athletes wore short shorts and facial hair, and everyone looked vaguely uncomfortable. Here is one such photo. More »

Stories That Don't Suck: USA Basketball's 12 Angry Men

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:25:55 EDT

From time to time, we'll select stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that we urge you to read for one reason or another. Today: The 1972 Olympic team, still bitter about losing to the Soviets. More »

Private Stache: Roger Clemens Gets Intimate With Old Bush, For Once

Andy Gray — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:15:08 EDT

Private Stache: Brett Favre And The Breakfast Of Champions

Andy Gray — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:10:00 EDT

Private Stache: John-John And The Say Hey Kid Share A Tender Moment

Andy Gray — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Private Stache: Dutch Lovin'

Andy Gray — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Private Stache: Brawling In The Stands At The 1986 World Cup

Andy Gray — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:30:25 EDT

Private Stache: Cassius Clay Has Blood On His Hands

Andy Gray — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Private Stache: Ken Griffey Jr. Has A Senior Moment

Andy Gray — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:30:56 EDT

Private Stache: LeBron Half-Naked In A Cornfield. We Are All Witnesses.

Andy Gray — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:30:36 EDT

Private Stache: Magic The Gathering

Andy Gray — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:20:50 EDT

Sports Illustrated Exposes Big Bad Ben

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:05:00 EDT

SI's eagerly awaited Roethlisberger cover story hits newsstands tomorrow, and while it's sure to go down as the definitive portrait of Big Ben, we can't help but wonder about the timing. More »

Private Stache: A New Feature In Which We Revisit The Unintentionally Hilarious Sports Photography Of Yore

Andy Gray — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:15:36 EDT

Peter King Is Already Manufacturing Dumb Storylines For the 2010 Season

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:47 EST

"The logical question for the Saints: Is all this celebrating and spate of parades ... going to go on so long that they affect the Saints' ability to repeat in 2010?" That question leads the league in stupid. [SI.com] More »

Pretty Lady Will Be On Cover Of Sports Periodical

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:10:28 EST

Brooklyn Decker is the cover model of SI's ever-quaint Swimsuit Issue, which will also feature scandalous daguerreotypes of Lindsey Vonn, Ana Ivanovic, and other bathing beauties in their swimming-suits. [Sports Pros(e)] More »

How Gross Do You Think It Gets Inside Those Green Suits?

Katie Baker — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:02:10 EST

"I still don't know what it symbolizes, but I like it!" says the delightfully dopey announcer about these two fine fellows who have taken up residence next to the penalty box at Canucks games. I feel the same way about this website. More »

You Might Have A Death Wish If You Want A Career in Big Time College Coaching

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:40:36 EST

"Nearly every Division I head coach puts in more than 100-hour weeks during the season and heavy recruiting periods. If anything, it's amazing more coaches haven't suffered heart attacks or more serious ailments as a result of stress..."[SI] More »

The Machine Won: 10 Preposterous Moments From SI's 1996 Tiger Woods Profile

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:30:43 EST

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In 1996, Sports Illustrated named a 20-year-old Tiger Woods its Sportsman of the Year, and Gary Smith's accompanying story portrayed a young man who somehow combined the best parts of Doogie Howser and Buddha. It seemed like a stretch. More »

Derek Jeter Scoffs At Your Puny MVP Award

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:05:01 EST

The Yankee Coxswain is your Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, because of his "dignity and elegance." Also? He's an excellent tipper and rarely kills hobos to wear their flesh. [SI] More »

Rushin Literature

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:10 EDT

Steve Rushin, the punster who used to write awesome features and dreadful columns for Sports Illustrated, has a novel dropping next year. It's about "a friendly and unassuming lover of clever wordplay and television sports." Steve's really stretching himself. [Amazon] More »

Sports Will Make Detroit Happy Again, Sportswriters Continue To Claim

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:30:52 EDT

Oh, look. A sportswriter has parachuted into Detroit and found a hard-luck city with a shrinking tax base in the maw of a recession whose spirits nonetheless brighten because Brandon Inge just ran out a grounder to short. Yay! More »

This Man Will Not Defecate For Less Than Your Annual Salary

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Joe Posnanski Just Gave You A Reason To Renew Your Sports Illustrated Subscription

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:50:58 EDT

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Posnanski, who in the time it takes you to read this will have written two features and a post about Yuniesky Betancourt, is SI's newest senior writer: "This is Broadway. This is Paris under a setting sun." [Joeposnanski.com, TBL, Shanoff] More »

Omar Minaya: Mix Master No More

Ben Cohen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:30:00 EDT

It was just two years ago that Omar Minaya was a Sports Illustrated cover boy and subject of a fawning profile in which he was referred to simply as O. As in: Oh my, how things have changed. More »

How Leagues Learned To Stop Loving And Worry About Steroids

Ben Cohen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:20:00 EDT

The peril of steroids, like the Internet, wasn't apparent 40 years ago when Sports Illustrated published a prescient story about PEDs. In retrospect now, with steroids as dangerous as the Internet is real, professional sports appear more oblivious than ever. More »

Steve McNair's Death Doesn't Make SI Cover

Ben Cohen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:59 EDT

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The May 3, 2004 Pat Tillman cover was the last time Sports Illustrated put a professional athlete's death on the next week's cover. This week's has a cover line about Wimbledon, but no hint of S.L. Price's elegant McNair tribute. More »

Alexis Arguello's Death, Prefigured

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:31 EDT

Alexis Arguello, the Nicaraguan boxing legend who was found dead early Wednesday of a gunshot wound to the chest, led a demon-haunted life that he nearly ended by his own hand 25 years ago. From a 1985 Sports Illustrated story: More »