In Memoriam: Sports Illustrated

[theFallGuy]

My all-time favorite


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My first fap magazine

 

[theFallGuy]

So immature

 

[Behr]

My first fap magazine

Men's Health your last?

 

[hmanvolfan]

"Thinking this was about trans people is objectively dumb as hell"

~idiot in pf

Lulz

 

[2EastTnVols]

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I remember vividly when this one arrived in the mail

 

[2EastTnVols]

This one is etched in my memory

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

We tried @VolNExile

 

[2EastTnVols]

I subscribed for years. I always read the “Faces in the Crowd” (? - was that what it was called?) section first, then the essay in back.

Life of Reilly by Rick Reilly. Great column

 

[theFallGuy]

Men's Health your last?

 

[Tin Man]

There was a time when both Andy Staples and Stewart Mandell covered CFB for Sports Illustrated… ~2 decades ago. Stew’s softball team was named, Sporting Wood, and Andy’s basset hound was named, Leeloo (yep, after the 5th element).

 

[Tin Man]

Andy’s at On3 these days
Kalen DeBoer must fight to keep Alabama from becoming just another job

 

[Wireless1]

SI fell into the same trap so many business have. They had a great product, but as technology changed, they chose to pursue a different customer base ( not just sports fans) rather than adapt with their existing base

 

[The Ron Mexico]

SI fell into the same trap so many business have. They had a great product, but as technology changed, they chose to pursue a different customer base ( not just sports fans) rather than adapt with their existing base

And they put a man wearing a two piece bikini on the cover.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

SI was doomed to die. Print media is a niche industry, and sports are losing fans as well.

 

[The Ron Mexico]

SI was doomed to die. Print media is a niche industry, and sports are losing fans as well.

Also, and I can emphasize this enough, I prefer swimsuit models to be without a weiner. Call me old fashioned. Call me crazy. I’m just stuck in my ways.

 

[GordonC]

@Souce

 

[Tin Man]

The Internet killed the sports magazine