Sports Illustrated

[Loose Cannon]

Horse & Hounds doesn't mention us either.

[brewcity77]

Horse & Hounds doesn't mention us either.

No, but they're big on Loyola-Maryland, Georgetown, & Butler.

[Loose Cannon]

No, but they're big on Loyola-Maryland, Georgetown, & Butler.

Guess we have to make a Positive splash tonight.

[warriorjoe]

All the great SI writers are gone. Curry Kirkpatrick, Frank Deford, Dan Jenkins, Jack McCallum, Ron Fimrite, William Nack, Roy Blount, Robert Creamer and George Plimpton.

Its preview issues were always comprehensive, well-researched and well-written. No more.
It seems that the once great writing is now reduced to factoids and tid bits.

When my SI did not arrive on Thursdays, I was always disappointed. I couldn't wait to see what was on the cover each week.

I was a continuous subscriber from 1969-77. And then from 1980 through the 2010s. No more, though.

Toward the end of my subscriptions, I did enjoy the "Where Are They Now" double issues to learn what happened to so many of the great athletes and personalities who had appeared in the magazine.

A once must-have magazine is now on the trash heap of magazines.

How sad.

Go Warriors!

[warriorchick]

All the great SI writers are gone. Curry Kirkpatrick, Frank Deford, Dan Jenkins, Jack McCallum, Ron Fimrite, William Nack, Roy Blount, Robert Creamer and George Plimpton.

How could you forget MU alum Steve Rushin?

BTW he has a memoir out now that includes his adventures at Marquette.

https://www.amazon.com/Nights-White-Castle-Steve-Rushin/dp/0316419435/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=steve+rushin&qid=1572980143&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExV1pRNlo0WVpLV1EyJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjI0NzI4M09MTlM3UE0yVjAySSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzUyODYzMTI0TFkxOERSNlVIVyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[warriorjoe]

Warrior Chick: Thank you for the reminder about Steve Rushin. He was arguably the best columnist I ever read in SI. I always thought he was better than Rick Reilly or Rick Telander.

I usually turned to the back of the magazine first to read his columns every week when I knew his piece was there.

Steve is one of the best wordsmiths in the business and can turn a phrase better than most writers.
His pieces always featured information that I had long forgotten, and his research was excellent.

Steve's columns always left me smiling, and it was always great to see a Marquette alum doing well.

Another writer that I did not list and he remains my favorite to this day is Gary Smith. His long-form features were the best SI had since the days of the late Frank Deford.

And speaking of Deford, he wrote the piece I ever read on Al McGuire. It was entitled, "Welcome to My World," and it appeared in the Nov. 29, 1976, issue of SI. The piece was excerpted from Deford's original piece "Depression Baby," which appeared in his book "The World's Tallest Midget."

The SI piece is well worth reading for MU fans.

Enjoy the game tonight, Chick.

Go Warriors!

[Jockey]

Warrior Chick: Thank you for the reminder about Steve Rushin. He was arguably the best columnist I ever read in SI. I always thought he was better than Rick Reilly or Rick Telander.

Wonder if 82 had any experiences with Telander when he was in Chicago. As a young writer, I thought Rick was outstanding. Somewhere along the way, though, he lost his mojo.

[lawdog77]

Wonder if 82 had any experiences with Telander when he was in Chicago. As a young writer, I thought Rick was outstanding. Somewhere along the way, though, he lost his mojo.

I liked the "sportswriters on TV" way back when in Chicago.

[MU82]

Wonder if 82 had any experiences with Telander when he was in Chicago. As a young writer, I thought Rick was outstanding. Somewhere along the way, though, he lost his mojo.

I got to know Rick very well after he went to the Sun-Times. A very nice guy who had been an outstanding writer at SI and in his books, but yes, as we sometimes say, "He lost his fastball."

My favorite personal Telander memory was the time he and Mariotti got into a huge argument in the Wrigley press box. It was about to escalate into a real brawl but Telander got a crazed look on his face and Mariotti turned tail like a 5-year-old. I hated Mariotti, probably the biggest d-bag in the history of sportswriting, so I loved it.

As for other recent posts in the SI discussion ...

Gary Smith is the best sportswriter I have ever read on a consistent basis. An amazing story-teller who could make readers care deeply about the subject. I grew up idolizing Red Smith, but Gary Smith became the one must-read for me whenever he had SI pieces.

Steve Rushin did a great job for many years at SI, first as a reporter, then one of their top writers, then the back-page guy. He's a really nice person, and let me tell you, he LOVES Marquette. chickadee posted his memoir, and the MU stuff in there is fantastic.

[MUEng92]

I think I recommended it previously, but I really enjoy Steve Rushin's podcast with his wife Rebecca Lobo.  There is a higher likelihood of liking it if you are or have been parents of teenagers and a fan of basketball (that one's covered here).  It's called Ball and Chain

Not infrequent mentions of Marquette doesn't hurt either.