Sports Illustrated had excellent writing, but what made them stand out in the 1970s and 1980s was the spectacular sports photography. Then along came round-the-clock sports coverage on ESPN and autofocus lens so even mediocre photographers could get great sports shots and they weren't that special anymore. While Sports Illustrated had some of the best sports writing, they also had a lot of the worst.
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 1:10 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Nov 17, 2019, at 12:43 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The only places I can think of that would still be interested in a > Sports Illustrated subscription are doctors' offices and barbershops. In > their heyday SI was known for having the best sportswriters. Has anybody > taken a look at the new SI to see the quality of the writing? > > I still have a print subscription to SI, and the writing seemed to be up > to the usual standards in the most recent issue -- although it was mostly > not-particularly-timely articles spotlighting various sports innovations > (most interesting was about a model of track shoe that Puma made for the > 1968 Olympics that wound up being declared illegal). > > Of course, I feel like that for this type of one-off historical article -- > and they'll no doubt be doing even more of this next year, on their > less-than-biweekly schedule -- they'll have no problem finding decent > freelance writers. My understanding is that most of the writers who were > let go were reporters who were on a regular beat, and that's something > where it can be harder to get a good replacement. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4029F29C-C54D-42D6-9C0F-1CEDF38BF347%40ellwanger.tv > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxb-oNUeQBrdpvh6vZ8peD8Me1q1puvQEhLNCnR6GYhEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
