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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 13:35:18 GMT -5
The end of an era. I used to read them religiously:
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Post by rvn11 on Jan 19, 2024 13:42:20 GMT -5
A true shame, the end of an era. They had so much good information, and on a weekly basis. But they've been irrelevant for years unfortunately.
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Post by jpepitone on Jan 19, 2024 13:50:00 GMT -5
Good riddance!!
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Post by bryzzobrist on Jan 19, 2024 15:57:22 GMT -5
SI is the Rolling Stone of the sports world. Not my favorite.
I will say they did a nice job on SI Kids back in the day though.
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Post by Clark Street on Jan 19, 2024 17:06:17 GMT -5
During my youth I was a Sports Illustrated subscriber, and magazine copies were sent to me while I was serving in Vietnam.
At that time, I taped a front cover with Ron Santo to my army Quonset hut wall. I still have a photo of that.
In 1990 when I told Santo about it, he smiled and asked, "What year?". When I answered, "1969", his eyes shut while his chin slumped sorrowfully to his chest.
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Post by Reverency on Jan 19, 2024 22:15:39 GMT -5
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Post by batman66 on Jan 20, 2024 14:49:07 GMT -5
Let's face it , the Swimsuit issue is what we all looked forward to!
As a kid I was a subscriber well into my teens and twenties and loved S I .
But then the internet hit and magazines were pretty much going to quickly become obsolete.
I used to love magazines and every year I could not wait for the Street and Smith's and other baseball ones to come out that would have rosters and predictions and I'd pretty much buy every different one that came out.
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Post by chubbycub on Jan 20, 2024 22:14:33 GMT -5
I always preferred The Sporting News. Jerome Holtzman, Joe Falls, Bob Broeg. Can't name a single SI author that I liked reading back then.
Those were the days when the Sunday paper sports section had a list of the top 100 or so hitters and the top 50 ERA pitchers. From each league.
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Post by batman66 on Jan 21, 2024 9:17:46 GMT -5
I always preferred The Sporting News. Jerome Holtzman, Joe Falls, Bob Broeg. Can't name a single SI author that I liked reading back then. Those were the days when the Sunday paper sports section had a list of the top 100 or so hitters and the top 50 ERA pitchers. From each league. Yes, the sporting news was the best and I chuckled when I read your last sentence because that is the first thing I'd do when I opened up the sunday paper, turn right to the leader page |
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Post by Reverency on Jan 21, 2024 13:12:39 GMT -5
I always preferred The Sporting News. Jerome Holtzman, Joe Falls, Bob Broeg. Can't name a single SI author that I liked reading back then. Those were the days when the Sunday paper sports section had a list of the top 100 or so hitters and the top 50 ERA pitchers. From each league. Heck, yesteryear's sports section was bigger than today's whole newspaper. Agreed on TSN (which existed long before Turner and cable). |
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Post by Reverency on Jan 21, 2024 13:20:02 GMT -5
The end of an era. I used to read them religiously: So Martha Stewart was the last female to grace the swimsuit edition.
There's something fitting about that . . .
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Post by chubbycub on Jan 21, 2024 14:02:00 GMT -5
The end of an era. I used to read them religiously: So Martha Stewart was the last female to grace the swimsuit edition.
There's something fitting about that . . .
Hold our horses, I just saw on TV that a settlement could be may be might be worked out before IT'S GOOONNE!
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