Chris Mannix: ‘Frankly, the Nuggets aren’t very interesting’
"The Nuggets' problem is that they're not respected, they're just not talked about."
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Stephen A. Smith rebukes Don Lemon while lauding Martha Stewart’s SI Swimsuit cover: ‘There is no prime’
"Ladies, none of y’all are beyond your prime. All y’all got it going on."
Sports Illustrated’s bizarre Sauce Gardner cover goes viral
A bottle of sauce would have been just fine.
Jon Wertheim on SI piece on local sports anchors: ‘Life was so good when you were the king in Cincinnati.’
"It just seemed like this was a job that was singularly beaten up on by technology and various trends."
Sports Illustrated lays off 17, announces 12 new openings, shifts in division leadership (updated)
There are 17 layoffs in total here, but 12 new positions posted. There are also shifts in editorial structure.
Medium Rare’s Tatum Mannion talks Super Bowl ‘weekend takeover’ events with Guy Fieri, Gronk, Shaq, and SI
"Most of the events and properties that we put on are really just born out of the idea of creating true joint venture businesses."
Sports Illustrated co-EIC Stephen Cannella talks SI covers’ changes: ‘The importance of the cover has never been higher.’
"What we try to do now with the cover and the magazine in general is be a lot more topical, a lot more thematic, a lot more forward-looking."
Hugh Freeze denies SI report he agreed to turn over social media accounts, but confirms someone else has been running them
Freeze called Pat Forde's SI report "not accurate," but also said "somebody else has been running" his Twitter account over the past few weeks, and there "may be wisdom in" having someone else do that.
Chris Mannix talks SI Celtics cover, late changes after Ime Udoka news: ‘We quite literally had to stop the presses.’
"This was the first time that I've had it finalized and sent out and we've had to go back."
Howard Beck on SI Zion Williamson cover: ‘The interest in him is immense.’
"The guy's still just 22 years old, and in the brief time we've seen him, barely a full season's worth of games over three years, he's been historically dominant, historically efficient as a scorer."
Jon Wertheim talks SI feature on Joe Buck and Troy Aikman: ‘This is just another indication that this stuff really matters.’
"On the one hand, we say 'It doesn't matter who's calling the game, everybody's just watching for the action.' But if that is the case, you're not spending that kind of money."
Derek Jeter had a strong reaction to the KayRod Cast displaying the “shirtless shortstops” photo
"Please don't put it on screen. ...This will be my last visit here."
Linda Cohn talks how she, Scott Van Pelt, and other anchors initially opposed the BottomLine showing scores before highlights
"He put on such a great debate saying everything we were thinking. 'Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn’t make any sense.'"
