You may remember Selena Roberts from her days at The New York Times, where she became notorious for her crusading…
Al Davis was born on the 4th of July. To honor the occasion, check out Richard Hoffer's 1989 Sports Illustrated…
Check out Thomas McGuane's 1969 Sports Illustrated story: "The Longest Silence":
Over at his website, David Simon reprints an entertaining piece he wrote last year for Sports Illustrated about…
LeBron covers Sports Illustrated's post-NBA Finals issue for the second time in as many years, and his hairline features prominently, again. At least he's not pointing at it this time?
Gordon Wright, another lover of classic sports writing, suggested this fun piece of work by Jeff MacGregor. From Spor…
John Ed Bradley's memoir of playing football at LSU, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium, is one of the finest sports…
Here's a working barstool-grade theory as to why, during its dynastic run to four (perhaps soon five) titles since…
Another good one—Rick Reilly's 1986 SI tribute to the columnist Jim Murray—"King of the Sports Page":
From the SI Vault, check out Gil Rogin's 1964 story, "Confessions of a Stoop Ball Champion":
Here's Frank Deford's classic 1985 Sports Illustrated bonus piece, "The Boxer and the Blonde":
Few people, if any, have written better stories—funny and smart—about college football than Dan Jenkins. Last fall,…
Pro tip for anyone trying to make sense of a scandal. If the person at the center of it starts claiming that "the…
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had…
A recent study by the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville asks a very good question: Where are…