Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff

I don't think about SI and sports journalism anymore because I have clicked on way too much aggregated SEO randomness over the last few years. A tragedy for the few writers there who do still practice reporting and offer original commentary.

 

This is the saddest I've felt about sports journalism in a while.

 

It will be interesting to see if the Newhouse clan can weather the tsunami that is sweeping away the storied publications.

 

From The Sporting News layoffs thread earlier this week:

Welp. So much for that. Fuck these fucking fuckers forever.

 

The first times I remember reading SI as a kid was waiting in my orthodontists’ office with the other kids with crooked teeth. My parents got me a subscription on and off through my teen years, and I subscribed through my 20s and early 30s.

I’ve barely thought of them and haven’t been on their website, except once in their Vault recently, for months.

Wishing all the layoff folks the best. It’s sad to see a sports institution die.

 

My name appeared in SI once. I have that issue. My name also appeared in transactions once. I have that newspaper someplace.

I don't plan on being around to see my name appear on the obits page as the subject of the story.

 

Just hang in there for a few more years and there won't be any newspapers left to print your obituary.

And @playthrough, best of luck amid the chaos and changes at SI.

 

https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/sports/remembering-sports-illustrateds-most-iconic-covers/

 

That was good, Readallover, but SI covers used to be the ultimate in sports photography, week after week after week, year after year after year. My parents got me an SI subscription when I was four. I learned to read from that magazine. My feelings are infinite sadness mixed with homicidal rage. It's a good thing nobody in private equity or US finance in general is near me tonight.