Awful Announcing
In addition to the Hall of Fame class, Woj and Kevin Harlan were named 2019 sportswriter and sportscaster of the year, respectively.
TheMaven announced that it beat its revenue projection for this year and that it expects "more than $27 million in operational savings at Sports Illustrated" in 2020 (compared to the magazine's 2018 numbers) from cuts, including further print issue reductions.
Around 15 SI staffers (who mostly work for the print magazine) are already represented by the NewsGuild of New York. SI employees are now looking to form a wider union with that organization that would see around 80 newsroom employees represented.
HeelsMaven writer Brant Wilkerson-New sent North Carolina radio host Jasmyn Fritz inappropriate sexual messages on social media, and later announced he is stepping away from writing.
Three days after the initial "Sources: USC to dismiss Clay Helton" story hit Sports Illustrated channels, that story has been removed and replaced with an apology from the Maven author.
The offer came too late to be considered, and maybe wouldn't have been regardless.
Five years after having 51 print issues, SI looks set to drop to 17 print issues in 2020.
Missed it by that much, SI.
Forde will remain co-host of the College Sports Podcast with Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel.
Better late than never certainly applies but "late" sure is an understatement.
A full retraction of a statement Luhnow and the Astros have already called "wrong" and "incorrect" would seemingly be easy, but they haven't committed to doing that.
Three days after insisting Taubman's comments weren't directed at particular reporters, the Astros have changed their tune.
'Thank God we got Osuna! I’m so f------ glad we got Osuna!'"
