Posnanski Leaving SI

I wish he could say why he's leaving SI, but the 'secret' venture he's teased sounds interesting.

 

Go read the piece where he tries to justify Willie Mays' 50-year pattern of surly behavior.

 

I think there's enough evidence out there, all of it provided by Pos himself, that it's not going to be a prodigy of fearless truth-telling. That spiel he gave that PSU sportswriting class would've embarrassed Ron Ziegler.

 

Is Posnanski the reigning sportswriter-with-a-hat now that Bert Sugar is gone?

 

Clearly he was lured down this path by that fiendish gateway drug: a free round of golf.

 

I saw mention of this in MMQB.

Would love to know the full story.

It seems like the revolving door on the back page of SI may have played a part in a couple people leaving.

 

It's been all Phil Taylor for a few months, now, with the exception of one Roy Blount Jr. guest appearance.

 

I've been impressed with Taylor.

 

Wow.

 

Phil Taylor is excellent. Is Selena Roberts still at the magazine? I never understood the allure of her columns in the New York Times or SI. They were good, not great.

 

Did she leave the magazine for good? I thought she was just on book leave.

EDIT: Never mind. You're 100 percent correct. Found the link.

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/02/selena-roberts-has-left-sports-illustrated/