When I was laid off at @SInow a year ago, I was told: You’ll never forget the place; you’ll have DREAMS about it. A year later: confirmed. Can’t stop thinking about it. So.

RT @RobUsry: Wavin Flag and Waka Waka for the same World Cup. The Shaq and Kobe of hype songs. Will never be topped.

RT @BWDBWDBWD: my friend Job Garcia was arrested by ICE while running errands in Los Angeles. He is a US Citizen, a scholar and a brilliant….

RT @bySLPrice: Pub Day. Available now: Buy early and often. Launch chat/signing with the great Stefan Fatsis tonight at DC's Politics & Pro….

HBDx3.“…LeBron James, Tiger Woods and Sandy Koufax were all born on Dec. 30, which is also the day (in 1968) that Frank Sinatra recorded “My Way.” Through it all, when there was doubt, those four ate it up and spit it out…”.—from the great @SteveRushin

My semi-annual reminder that the @SInow Vault—what should be the world’s greatest sports journalism trove—is woefully nonfunctional: Here’s a great Halloween-themed story I’d like to share from @ricktelander, ca. 1972… but the story doesn’t exist online, so you get PDFs instead

March 31, 1958 @SInow

RT @zschonbrun: @darrenrovell @KenGoldin @michaelrubin More from behind the scenes 👀

In May 1977, 27-year-old toy designer George Willig scaled the World Trade Center’s south tower using no ropes or belay, just a set of homemade “ascendeurs”—expanding wedges, with foot straps, that fit into the channels of the WTC siding. From Sam Moses:

RT @awfulannouncing: ESPN AI recap of Alex Morgan’s final professional match fails to mention Alex Morgan https://t….

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RT @GordyMegroz: For @GQMagazine, I went undercover to report on a man who works as a professional whistleblower, a job that earns him mill….

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RT @emmabaccellieri: I'm working on a coffee table book about the history of women's basketball with @HeyJordanR ✨ So excited for the chanc….

I’ve thumbed through thousands of issues of @SInow, hundreds of thousands of pages, and this is by far the most jaw-dropping thing i’ve encountered, from 8/22/77. And yes, it’s 100% him. 🤯 45 years before he killed SI, dude wrote in to… complain about mopeds LOLOLOL

Exhibit P ☘️ @jdubs1966

RT @Jeff_Ritter: SI is turning 70 and the golf crew kicked around their favorite covers of all time. Can’t believe how many great editions….

RT @darrenrovell: Sports Illustrated's first issue came out 70 years ago today. Michael Jordan is on the most covers with 50. @cllctMed….

And a shameless plug/reminder: I’m working with @jdubs1966 on an oral history of @SInow, from @AvidReaderPress, slated for some time in the hopefully-not-too-distant 🙏 future. It’s been fun sharing the research as we go. More of this on insta, where im @adamduerson

And, what mattered most to Luce etc: PAID ADS. 110 of em, across 144 pages. It’s not apples to apples, but by rough comparison: the latest issue of SI, in 2024, had 8 ads in 84 pages.

Early cartoons: not quite The New Yorker