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Brandon Weeden on Thayer Evans run-in: "Who is this clown?"
Welcome to reporting in 2013: Thanks to social media, the story isn’t always the contents of the story, but often, the author. Sports Illustrated announced it was dropping a neutron bomb on Oklahoma...
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SI Continues College Football Reefer Madness Narrative With Oklahoma State
SI published part three of its salacious series about the cesspool that is Oklahoma State athletics. The chapter about drugs is our third and final appetizer before the feverish sexposé on Friday. SI...
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Thayer Evans Has Not Been Fired by Sports Illustrated, But This Has Been a...
Thayer Evans, an investigative reporter for Sports Illustrated, has not been fired by the magazine, three sources at SI tell The Big Lead. The magazine even cryptically tweeted ‘ rumors of editorial...
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"League of Denial": NFL Used Position of Influence to Deny Concussion Link
It’s the book and accompanying documentary that the NFL does not want you to see. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for the Truth, the book by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru,...
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Hot Clicks Creator Jimmy Traina Leaves SI.com For Fox Sports
Jimmy Traina, the creator of Hot Clicks, one of the most popular features on Sports Illustrated.com, is leaving for Fox Sports, a source tells The Big Lead. A spokesman at Fox Sports had no comment...
View ArticleMike Gundy Seemed Thrilled to Talk to Someone From Sports Illustrated During...
Mike Gundy has a wonderful public history with the press in general, but his current grudge appears to be with Sports Illustrated. You may recall SI publishing a multiple-part expose on the Oklahoma...
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Michael Sam Fell 70 Spots on CBS' Draft Prospect Board Overnight [UPDATE]
Michael Sam came out of the closet to the world last night, and thus far some of the biggest detractors to that decision have been anonymous officials in NFL personnel offices. Giving a series of...
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Thayer Evans and Sports Illustrated Are Doing Great Satire on the Michael Sam...
Thayer Evans is making noise again at Sports Illustrated, and this time the topic is the Michael Sam situation. In doing so, he has graduated from not being able to spell cat to becoming one of the...
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Chrissy Teigen, Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge and Share 50th Anniversary...
Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen share the cover of the 50th anniversary edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. The magazine will be on newstands (remember those?) on Feb. 18....
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Doug McDermott Sports Illustrated Cover Channels Classic Larry Bird Indiana...
Creighton star Doug McDermott is on this week’s Sports Illustrated cover. It channels the classic Larry Bird with Indiana State cheerleaders cover from the 70s. It’s not clear how many magazines he...
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CBS Offered Up Its Unique Take on the Doug McDermott Sports Illustrated Cover
Doug McDermott, the Creighton star and 2014 Wooden Award favorite, appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. The cover was a straight homage to the magazine’s classic 1977 issue featuring...
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Grady Sizemore, Now the Red Sox Starting Center Fielder, Hit His First Home...
Grady Sizemore homered Monday for the Red Sox as Boston began its defense of their World Series crown in Baltimore vs. the Orioles. The significance here? It’s the first home run for Sizemore since...
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A Kate Upton Frolicking in Bikinis Video, Thanks Sports Illustrated!
Sports Illustrated posted a video of Kate Upton frolicking in various bikinis in the Cook Islands or somewhere. You’re not reading the text anyway, enjoy. RELATED: Kate Upton and the Detroit Tigers...
View Article2014 World Cup: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video Features Models, WAGs...
Sports Illustrated released a video of some of their models wearing body paint World Cup jerseys. Well, part of the jerseys because they all appear to be ripped in some way. What am I even talking...
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Stewart Mandel Leaves Sports Illustrated For Fox Sports
Stewart Mandel, who has worked for Sports Illustrated for 15 years, is leaving the magazine to write for Fox Sports.com, multiple sources told The Big Lead. Fox is expected to announce his move later...
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The Decision II: LeBron Tells Sports Illustrated He's Going Back to Cleveland
LeBron James announced his decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers to SI’s Lee Jenkins: To make the move I needed the support of my wife and my mom, who can be very tough. The letter from Dan...
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Roundup: Brazil Soccer Coach Luiz Scolari Resigns, Nick Marshall Won't Attend...
Margot Robbie … two men arrested for smoking heroin in a Chuck E. Cheese bathroom … $76 million marijuana bust after driver runs red light … makes me want to have a drink: The World Cup of cocktails …...
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Two-Time Washington Post Pulitzer Prize Winner Gene Weingarten Crushes SI for...
As you’re abundantly aware at this point, LeBron James announced his decision to return to Cleveland last Friday in a first-person essay with Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins. The words, which...
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Roundup: Ferguson Chaos Continues as National Guard Moves In; Mr. T Shows Up...
Lucy Mecklenburgh … “Naked, sword-wielding man subdued” … the National Guard moved into Ferguson, Missouri overnight … cool charts: How Americans have moved between states since 1900 … “Man drags...
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A Fun (Old) Story About Turner Trying to Push Sports Illustrated Around About...
Want a snippet of what the 2014 sports media experience is like? Before you dive into this paragraph, a couple things to keep in mind: 1) One of the easiest ways for struggling media companies to...
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