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Cracking open the (Sports Illustrated) Vault
A far piece back, I praised the virtues of Sports Illustrated‘s “Vault,” a reliquary of every article the magazine published since its inception in 1954. One of the members of the Yahoo Jewish Sports Collector’s group brought up a piece by Randy Alfred in 1997 called “A Solomonic solution to realignment,” which compares MLB to [...]
Welcome to the club?
Sports Illustrated’s “Prominent Jewish Athletes” slide-show: MOTs or nots?
Swimsuit designs in hot water?
On the one hand, we have this story from USA Today about Sports Illustrated cover model Bar Rafaeli and the scarcity of material for her swimsuit. On the other hand, we have this piece — also from USA Today — about two French-born Jewish fashion designers currently living in Israel who specialize in modest swimwear [...]
Required Reading: Jeff Pearlman on Ian Kinsler
Our friend Jeff Pearlman wrote this piece on Ian Kinsler — one of the troika of Jewish all-stars these days, along with Kevin Youkilis and Ryan Braun – on Sports Illustrated‘s website. Ian Kinsler? Jewish? Though he will never boast Green’s raw power, throwing arm or appetite for chopped liver sandwiches, the Rangers second baseman [...]
Sports Illustrated draws outrage from Israeli military
Hey, sports is sports. Bar Rafaeli, who graced the cover of SI‘s swiumsuit edition a few months ago, has come under fire, so to speak, from Retired Israeli Major-General Elazar Stern after the 23-year-old received an exemption from the nation’s otherwise mandatory stint in the armed forces, according to this piece from Eonline. Rafaeli just [...]
Speaking of magazines…
(My sneaky segue of getting this in…) With all due respect to the NBA All-Star Game, there’s always a lull between the Super Bowl and the beginning of spring training. Is it any wonder, then, that Sports Illustrated picks this time to run their annual swimsuit edition? Love it or hate it, it has become [...]
