Sports Illustrated layoffs

Does anyone have the full list of who actually was let go?

 

They keep Jimmy Traina? Because boobies.

Vampire capitalism. Oh, and Maven sucks.

 

TheMaven trading at a robust 94 cents a share.

 

They've had those Maven "fan" sites - pre SI. A week ago a Driskell was getting maybe a few likes per story and maybe 10 comments.
And yes, it's true - former ND fanzine writer.
I really hope they don't have to introduce themselves at Pressers as "Mavens" - then again, they probably shouldn't ID themselves as being a writer for SI.

 

That's part of the downfall of SI too. Back in the day, does SI waste a staffer's time with Bowling Green-Notre Dame? Or send him/her to a bigger game that weekend and save the trip to South Bend for another game?

 

If Maven wants to put THEIR stuff under the SI banner - whatever, I don't have to read it. I just don't want them to try and sell it like it's Verducci opus on a Game 7.

 

that maven notre dame writer deserves none of this roasting. a young writer's confidence is a fragile thing. all i know is that i (and so many others) was damned lucky to write for a regional paper pre-internet, so i could make all my early mistakes, bad reaches, lame experiments with voice and tone, and endure my overall horribleness in relative privacy. the staff knew how brutal i was, but no one nationwide even noticed. i wasn't torn to shreds coast-to-coast before i had the chance to learn my lessons and develop some kind of assuredness. i didn't even begin to get there until i was 28, and it was a touch-and-go thing even then.

i can hear it coming: 'that's life. kids today are snowflakes....'

bullshit. writers of every generation are neurotic messes. to have anonymous tough guys tearing them up before they find their feet, while they're being paid nothing?

the most underrated quality in writers/human beings is compassion. there're only one or two unicorns -- steve rushin, reilly -- a generation. the rest of us sucked, bad, at one point or another. everyone should remember that.

 

He's not young. He's been writing for a while. Has 10k Twitter followers and has a Masters from ND. He's worked for multiple publications.

 

I pray the Masters degree is not in English.

 

Oh never mind - its Christian Studies at Denver Seminary. Bachelors in History from Salisbury.

 

Release the hounds!

 

What paper was it that kept someone who was horrible? You're an anomaly. How long ago you talking about?