(The End of) Journalism Thread

[MaxWebster]

this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?)

y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so.

honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my friends in our high school email thread has been sending SI links for years and nobody ever clicks on them anymore because they're shit - not just the articles but if you do mistakenly open it it's a flood of ads and popups. i'd rather he link us to xhamster, seems more safe.

My father has been a subscriber my entire life and still is one now. In fact, he was a charter subscriber and I have almost every issue for the first year of SI.

[Nonlinear FC]

I mean, at one point I had subs to both ESPN and SI and read both cover to cover (pretty much.) I don't recall when that stopped... somewhere in the 90s.

[brian]

I totally forgot ESPN had a print magazine. They started that at the exact wrong time. I wonder how much money that lost in all.

[DaveInSeattle]

I actually had to Google to see if they still put out a print magazine. They do, but it's monthly now. I remember when they laid off most of their writers a few years ago. I wonder who's left to write for the mag. Anyone here still subscribe?

I had a subscription for years...I always got it as a Christmas present from my parents. First issue I got was the Pete Rose "Sportsman Of The Year" issue (boy, did that not age well).



I think I finally let it lapse around 2004 or 2005. Did get SI For Kids for my daughters when they were younger.

[The Sybian]

I actually had to Google to see if they still put out a print magazine. They do, but it's monthly now. I remember when they laid off most of their writers a few years ago. I wonder who's left to write for the mag. Anyone here still subscribe?

I had a subscription for years...I always got it as a Christmas present from my parents. First issue I got was the Pete Rose "Sportsman Of The Year" issue (boy, did that not age well).



I think I finally let it lapse around 2004 or 2005. Did get SI For Kids for my daughters when they were younger.

Totally forgot, my son had an SI for Kids subscription for a couple years, he may have gotten SI for a year or two.

[MaxWebster]

weird/uncomfortable similarity to Ovechkin in this photo.

I actually had to Google to see if they still put out a print magazine. They do, but it's monthly now. I remember when they laid off most of their writers a few years ago. I wonder who's left to write for the mag. Anyone here still subscribe?

I had a subscription for years...I always got it as a Christmas present from my parents. First issue I got was the Pete Rose "Sportsman Of The Year" issue (boy, did that not age well).



I think I finally let it lapse around 2004 or 2005. Did get SI For Kids for my daughters when they were younger.

[Giff]

This was my first issue. I remembered being so freaked out by the Flo Hyman story.

[sancarlos]

this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?)

y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so.

honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my friends in our high school email thread has been sending SI links for years and nobody ever clicks on them anymore because they're shit - not just the articles but if you do mistakenly open it it's a flood of ads and popups. i'd rather he link us to xhamster, seems more safe.

My father has been a subscriber my entire life and still is one now. In fact, he was a charter subscriber and I have almost every issue for the first year of SI.

Yes I have the very first issue. August something , 1954. It’s not in great shape but I’ve read it’s worth some money. Not so much because it’s the first issue, but because it includes three pages of uncut baseball cards.

[mister d]

Yes I have the very first issue. August something , 1954. It’s not in great shape but I’ve read it’s worth some money. Not so much because it’s the first issue, but because it includes three pages of uncut ...ds.

[MaxWebster]

still awesome tho. what's up with the cards???

(we have to have a memorabilia thread or 2 don't we...?)

this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?)

y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so.

honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my friends in our high school email thread has been sending SI links for years and nobody ever clicks on them anymore because they're shit - not just the articles but if you do mistakenly open it it's a flood of ads and popups. i'd rather he link us to xhamster, seems more safe.

My father has been a subscriber my entire life and still is one now. In fact, he was a charter subscriber and I have almost every issue for the first year of SI.

Yes I have the very first issue. August something , 1954. It’s not in great shape but I’ve read it’s worth some money. Not so much because it’s the first issue, but because it includes three pages of uncut baseball cards.

[DSafetyGuy]

I totally forgot ESPN had a print magazine. They started that at the exact wrong time. I wonder how much money that lost in all.

You think it was more or less than their phone?

[A_B]

I totally forgot ESPN had a print magazine. They started that at the exact wrong time. I wonder how much money that lost in all.

You think it was more or less than their phone?

Shoot, SI used to give out phones all the time that looked like footballs.

[DaveInSeattle]

I think I finally let it lapse around 2004 or 2005. Did get SI For Kids for my daughters when they were younger.

Trying to think when I stopped getting SI...I remember getting this issue:



So it was sometime after that one in 2004.

[GoodKarma]

I was a subscriber from the time I was 14 (1988) until we moved to CO in 2013/2014. It just became irrelevant to me with the growth of online options. I still like reading things not-on-screens but I just grew out of it...sounds like I was done at just the right time.

[sancarlos]

still awesome tho. what's up with the cards???

(we have to have a memorabilia thread or 2 don't we...?)

this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?)

y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so.

honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my friends in our high school email thread has been sending SI links for years and nobody ever clicks on them anymore because they're shit - not just the articles but if you do mistakenly open it it's a flood of ads and popups. i'd rather he link us to xhamster, seems more safe.

My father has been a subscriber my entire life and still is one now. In fact, he was a charter subscriber and I have almost every issue for the first year of SI.

Yes I have the very first issue. August something , 1954. It’s not in great shape but I’ve read it’s worth some money. Not so much because it’s the first issue, but because it includes three pages of uncut baseball cards.

Apparently, card collectors value the issue more than do magazine collectors.

[Pruitt IV]

[DaveInSeattle]

The first swimsuit issue I received...I don't think my parents knew that was a thing.



Used to be published the the week between the Championship Games and the Super Bowl.

[The Sybian]

Used to be published the the week between the Championship Games and the Super Bowl.

Oh, we were very aware of that date as teenagers in a pre-internet era. The younger guys may not understand how useful that issue was. Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

[A_B]

Used to be published the the week between the Championship Games and the Super Bowl.

Oh, we were very aware of that date as teenagers in a pre-internet era. The younger guys may not understand how useful that issue was. Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

I, too, was very interested in the latest swimwear and lingerie styles of the day and age. Research porpoises of course.

[wlu_lax6]

There is no Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos if not for the SI Swimsuit issue.

[A_B]

There is no Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos if not for the SI Swimsuit issue.

My #1 SI model without question. Wife thinks I'm crazy.

[govmentchedda]

There is no Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos if not for the SI Swimsuit issue.

My #1 SI model without question. Wife thinks I'm crazy.

Jen is wrong. KI is a dream.

[rass]

Macpherson forever

[duff]

Macpherson forever

This is the only correct answer.

[A_B]

This might end up with someone tired of the cynicism.

[P.D.X.]

Used to be published the the week between the Championship Games and the Super Bowl.

Oh, we were very aware of that date as teenagers in a pre-internet era. The younger guys may not understand how useful that issue was. Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

One could get far with the Sears catalog + some imagination.

[rass]

This might end up with someone tired of the cynicism.

KI had a bit of a long face but this is just mean.

[DaveInSeattle]

Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

There was no way my Mormon parents were letting a Victoria's Secret catalog in the house. SI was "safe", especially considering they bought the subscription for me.

[duff]

Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

There was no way my Mormon parents were letting a Victoria's Secret catalog in the house. SI was "safe", especially considering they bought the subscription for me.

They didn't preemptively get the swimsuit issue out of the mail before you got home from school?

[A_B]

Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

There was no way my Mormon parents were letting a Victoria's Secret catalog in the house. SI was "safe", especially considering they bought the subscription for me.

They didn't preemptively get the swimsuit issue out of the mail before you got home from school?

At some point you could opt out of it I think.

[DaveInSeattle]

Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

There was no way my Mormon parents were letting a Victoria's Secret catalog in the house. SI was "safe", especially considering they bought the subscription for me.

They didn't preemptively get the swimsuit issue out of the mail before you got home from school?

I don't think they knew about the swimsuit issue back in '76, when I first had a subscription. And after that, I guess they didn't think it was that bad. (and it was pretty tame back then).

[sancarlos]

Macpherson forever

Yes!

[sancarlos]

There were always angry, distraught, pearl-clutching letters to the editor after the swimsuit issue. Pretty funny reading.

[The Sybian]

Victoria’s Secret catalog was the only other material in those days.

There was no way my Mormon parents were letting a Victoria's Secret catalog in the house. SI was "safe", especially considering they bought the subscription for me.

Meanwhile my parents signed up for a free subscription to Playboy and had it sent to my college house address. Jokes aside, it legit was a good magazine.

Sears catalog seemed to stop arriving while I was pre-brother emailing, but I do remember sneaking peeks at the women's underwear section. My embarrassing source material in those days was Newsweek. My parents had a subscription and kept in the bathroom. I'd leaf through hoping for one advertisement with an attractive woman, or an article on someone remotely attractive. Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.

[The Sybian]

There were always angry, distraught, pearl-clutching letters to the editor after the swimsuit issue. Pretty funny reading.

If they published a book of those letters, I'd buy it.

[MaxWebster]

goddammit Syb.... now i have to explain to my wife why i just laughed so hard...

Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.

[rass]

goddammit Syb.... now i have to explain to my wife why i just laughed so hard...

Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.

Just another example of Jewish ingenuity in the face of harsh German conditions.

[Pruitt IV]

Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.

The Eaton's (like Sears) Catalogue always had a few nice bra shots

[The Sybian]

goddammit Syb.... now i have to explain to my wife why i just laughed so hard...

Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.

Just another example of Jewish ingenuity in the face of harsh German conditions.

I’ve always thought the highest compliment to a joke writer is laughing at a joke about the Holocaust. Congrats, Rass.

[Shirley]

Macpherson forever

Kathy, Elle, and Paulina were the Big Three for me. When I was in high school, and even my freshman year of college, I decorated my dorm room with cutouts from the swimsuit editions. I can still picture Kathy lying on those yellow flowers.