Ed Werder will die on the hill that female representation in sports media is...
A seemingly innocuous tweet from Sports Illustrated staffer Charlotte Wilder about a vacancy at her publication Monday led to a tense Twitter back-and-forth involving her, former ESPN NFL reporter Ed...
View ArticleScott Van Pelt says gambling programming will expand because “everyone’s got...
As we discussed earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the existing federal law prohibiting most sports wagering seems likely to lead to sports networks doing more gambling...
View ArticleSI TV has teamed with MLB for two longform documentaries, including Jonathan...
Back in January, Sports Illustrated executive producer of video and SI TV vice-president (programming) Josh Oshinsky told Awful Announcing SI TV was expanding their longform documentary plans,...
View ArticleAA Q&A: Tom Verducci talks TV vs print, analysis vs reporting
Just moments after winning the Outstanding Sports Personality- Sports Reporter award at Tuesday’s Sports Emmys– beating out Allie LaForce, Ken Rosenthal, Lisa Salters and Michelle Tafoya for the...
View ArticleAA Q&A: Peter King’s Sports Illustrated exit interview
Peter King, one of the most influential NFL writers of this era, announced this week he’s leaving his post at Sports Illustrated after 29 years with the company. His staple “Monday Night Football”...
View ArticlePeter King reveals he once offered to resign from Sports Illustrated over...
On Wednesday, Peter King appeared on a podcast with Richard Deitsch of The Athletic to discuss his jump to NBC after 29 years at Sports Illustrated, as well as other subjects. And although King’s...
View ArticleCollege football reporter Bruce Feldman to leave Sports Illustrated, join The...
College football reporter Bruce Feldman will leave Sports Illustrated to write for The Athletic, a source told Awful Announcing on Tuesday. At The Athletic, Feldman will join a stable of impressive...
View ArticleSports Illustrated hires Ross Dellenger as national college football writer
Sports Illustrated is continuing to make some significant hires. They recently added Charlotte Wilder, Shemar Woods, and Emma Baccellieri for a variety of roles, including digital and SI TV work, and...
View ArticlePeter King explains move to NBC: “This is not about any dissatisfaction with SI”
In his first column since the announcement that he would leave Sports Illustrated for NBC, Peter King offered a thorough explanation of his decision to depart the place he has worked for 29 years....
View ArticleUncertainty surrounding upcoming sale seems to be costing Sports Illustrated
On Thursday afternoon, enormously popular NFL writer Peter King announced that he is leaving Sports Illustrated, where he had worked since 1989, to join NBC. King’s departure leaves SI short its...
View ArticlePeter King is leaving Sports Illustrated (and The MMQB) for NBC
Peter King has been synonymous with Sports Illustrated‘s NFL coverage for the past few decades, to the point that the company gave him his own NFL vertical, MMQB, named after his weekly column. Now,...
View ArticleSports Illustrated hires Charlotte Wilder, Shemar Woods and Emma Baccellieri,...
There’s been a lot of talk about the growing importance of Sports Illustrated’s digital operations and SI TV to the larger brand, and that perhaps comes through in their most recent hires. SI...
View ArticleSports Illustrated’s SI TV expands to web browsers, and Roku, iOS and Android...
A big part of Sports Illustrated‘s recent strategy has been expanding its SI TV over-the-top subscription video service ($4.99 for a month or $49.99 for a year) both in content (with new...
View ArticleSports Illustrated legend Bill Nack dies at age 77
In the long and brilliant history of Sports Illustrated, the magazine has employed few writers better than Bill Nack, who died Friday at age 77. Nack joined SI in 1978 and worked there through 2001,...
View ArticleSI TV launches on fuboTV with a 24/7 linear channel, may try to get into...
Sports Illustrated streaming service SI TV launched in November on Amazon Channels as a $4.99/month service offering sports movies, original discussion shows and more, and SI executive producer of...
View ArticleMeredith reportedly seeking $150 million in potential sale of Sports Illustrated
About four and a half months after buying Time Inc, magazine giant Meredith Corp. appears to be moving full-steam ahead with its plan to dump Sports Illustrated and other newly acquired titles on the...
View ArticleSports Illustrated’s Jack Dickey has his Jeopardy! streak snapped, but it was...
Having successfully won his first two games on Jeopardy! (and having racked up a fairly impressive total, as well), Sports Illustrated’s Jack Dickey played another very impressive game on tonight’s...
View ArticleSports Illustrated’s Jack Dickey wins again on Jeopardy!
Yesterday, Sports Illustrated’s Jack Dickey made his Jeopardy! debut, and did so in impressive fashion: That’s a hell of a one-day total! As with every champion, Dickey got to return to defend, and...
View ArticleSports Illustrated digital editor Mark McClusky: “Our last six months have...
It’s a tough time for many web publishers, with concerns over everything from Facebook algorithm changes to pivots to video and more. That makes it perhaps particularly interesting to hear that Sports...
View ArticleLane Kiffin is out to prove he actually predicted UMBC over Virginia, firing...
The UMBC Retrievers’ 74-54 win over the Virginia Cavaliers Friday marked the first-ever #16 seed victory over a #1 seed in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, and it led to quite the triumph for...
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