- (SI Vault) Jerry Reinsdorf makes Albert Belle the highest paid player two weeks after saying "we need some meaningful salary restraint", killing a new labor agreement https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/12/02/double-play-when-he-signed-albert-belle-jerry-reinsdorf-broke-the-bankand-maybe-the-labor-impasse 16 comments baseball
- In 1957 the question "Do you think old time basketball was better and more interesting than today" was asked. These were the answers: https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/12/09/42782#&gid=ci0258bf3ab00726ef&pid=42782---116---image 48 comments nba
- Interesting article on the Cardinals history. A few quotes really stood out after the report that came out today. https://vault.si.com/vault/2009/02/02/woe-be-gone 15 comments nfl
- Rick Barry sat out when his team relocated to Virginia because he didn’t want his kid to develop a southern accent. https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/08/24/yes-rick-there-is-a-virginia 57 comments nba
- In 1983, as Franco Harris approached Jim Brown's all-time rushing record, a then 47-year-old Jim Brown threatened to return from retirement in an attempt to reclaim it. However, subsequent injuries to Harris prevented this crazy scenario from coming to be https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/12/12/the-game-needs-more-heroes-more-gladiators 17 comments nfl
- RIP Grant Wahl who died yesterday at the World cup and who wrote Sports Illustrated's first cover story on LeBron James, titled “The Chosen One,” in 2002, when James was a junior in high school. https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/02/18/ahead-of-his-class-ohio-high-school-junior-lebron-james-is-so-good-that-hes-already-being-mentioned-as-the-heir-to-air-jordan 17 comments nba
- How Vin Scully Became a Part of the California Freeways https://vault.si.com/vault/1964/05/04/the-transistor-kid 2 comments baseball
- Contemporaneous Article about the 1975 British GP https://vault.si.com/vault/1975/07/28/42822#&gid=ci0258bf84f02726ef&pid=42822---012---image 3 comments formula1
- Found An Old Article About One of my Favorite Players: Steve Dalkowski https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/10/12/the-wildest-fastball-ever 8 comments baseball
- Long before Jeter and the Players Tribune, Mickey Mantle wrote Sport's Illustrated's April 1994 cover article, "Time In A Bottle", detailing his alcoholism and recovery. Even as a Sox fan, it remains one of my all-time favourite pieces of sportswriting to this day. https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/04/18/time-in-a-bottle-after-42-years-of-alcohol-abuse-a-legendary-ballplayer-describes-his-life-of-self-destructive-behavior-and-hopes-his-recovery-will-finally-make-him-a-true-role-model 26 comments baseball
- "Gridiron 2000" - old 1979 SI article containing predictions from around the NFL of what the 21st century football will look like https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/09/03/gridiron-2000-dont-be-shocked-when-the-21st-century-arrives-and-the-nfl-teams-in-super-bowl-xxxiv-have-women-quarterbacks-launching-135-yard-touchdown-passes-with-their-power-assisted-arms 39 comments nfl
- ROSE MIGHT NOT BE RED ANYMORE - Sports Illustrated https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/11/06/rose-might-not-be-red-anymore-pete-rose-wants-to-be-baseballs-best-paid-player-his-once-and-perhaps-future-employers-in-cincinnati-demur-so-pete-now-a-free-agent-has-named-eight-teams-hed-like-to-join-there-may-be-surprisingly 7 comments baseball
- Shockingly prescient article about the Orioles from 2001 (fantastic long form piece) https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/02/12/birdbrained-under-the-misguided-stewardship-of-peter-angelos-the-onceproud-orioles-have-become-the-laughingstock-of-baseballand-the-worst-may-be-yet-to-come 5 comments baseball
- 25 of John Kruk's first 27 career home runs were hit to the opposite field https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/05/23/a-most-unlikely-slugger 8 comments baseball
- 1957 article by sports illustrated: asking if the nba should consider a tall player ban https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/01/14/the-question-should-there-be-a-height-limit-on-basketball-players 37 comments nba
- A Sports Illustrated article from 1998 when an aging Utah Jazz surprisingly swept the young Kobe/Shaq Lakers in the West Finals https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/06/01/good-old-boys-led-by-geezers-karl-malone-and-john-stockton-the-jazz-swept-the-young-overhyped-lakers-to-make-the-nba-finals-once-again 28 comments nba
- [SI: Ahead Of His Class] They schmooze for a few minutes, bantering about LeBron's upcoming game, until Jordan leaves, offering this piece of advice: "One dribble, stop and pull up. That's what I want to see." LeBron nods and smiles. "That's my guy," he says. https://vault.si.com/.amp/vault/2002/02/18/ahead-of-his-class-ohio-high-school-junior-lebron-james-is-so-good-that-hes-already-being-mentioned-as-the-heir-to-air-jordan 136 comments nba
- Fantastic profile of Ed McCaffrey from 1998 with a hilarious joke about 2 year old Christian. https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/11/30/white-lightning-with-no-pomp-and-precious-little-padding-the-broncos-deceptively-fast-ed-mccaffrey-has-become-the-nfls-unlikeliest-star-wide-receiver 35 comments nfl
- In 1976, Sports illustrated wrote that Bill walton was seen by some as a “doped-up, whacked-out, weirdo, Commie-loving, acid freak hippie with lice in his hair and Patty Hearst’s phone number in his datebook.” https://vault.si.com/vault/1976/12/13/43694#&gid=ci0258bf5c7007278a&pid=43694---020---image 12 comments nba
- 2011 article on Bauer's regimen: "Warren Bauer (chemical engineer) taught his son to view pitching through a scientific prism. They read about Cubans who threw coconuts to build arm strength, so they soaked baseballs in water to make them heavier. They drove nails into softballs to add weight..." https://vault.si.com/vault/2011/08/15/trevor-bauer-will-not-be-babied 43 comments baseball
- Frank Layden, former Utah Jazz coach, reminiscing about his rough-and-tumble high school days in Brooklyn: "We had a lot of nicknames—Scarface, Blackie, Toothless—and those were just the cheerleaders." https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/04/07/scorecard 6 comments nba
- Terri McCormick, the mother of Philadelphia 76ers center Tim McCormick, upon receiving the news that her son was bringing 6'6", 263-pound teammate Charles Barkley home for dinner in two weeks [1987]: "I'd better start cooking now." https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/12/28/scorecard 62 comments nba
- During a tough game, Archie Manning was booed by the New Orleans crowd and his wife became upset, only to turn around and see 5-year-old Peyton Manning booing his dad as well. https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/11/15/like-father-like-son-ole-miss-will-never-forget-archie-but-peyton-is-the-manning-of-the-year-with-recruiters-from-oxford-to-ann-arbor 567 comments nfl
- Article from 2002, “LeBron James is so good that he’s already being mentioned as the heir to Air Jordan” https://vault.si.com/.amp/vault/2002/02/18/ahead-of-his-class-ohio-high-school-junior-lebron-james-is-so-good-that-hes-already-being-mentioned-as-the-heir-to-air-jordan 7 comments nba
- A Death in the Baseball Family https://vault.si.com/vault/2007/09/24/a-death-in-the-baseball-family 4 comments baseball
- 1991 SI article detailing the early days of professional basketball, when games were played in cages and "a hard dribbler could...rush through an entire defensive team, bowling over his opponents by various means—a favorite one being that of butting the opposition [with your] head." https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/11/11/when-the-court-was-a-cage-in-the-early-days-of-pro-basketball-the-players-were-segregated-from-the-fans 7 comments nba
- Casual basketball fan here. Were any of these college players relevant in the NBA? Are any still? https://vault.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Ch_2000%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_2000/mty5mdkzodm3ndaymdg5mtk5/1009558---035---image.jpg 12 comments nba
- Toward the end of its run in the early 90's, the Boston Garden floor had sections that could fit up to four quarters in the cracks https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/04/17/green-ghosts-saying-goodbye-to-beloved-boston-garden-old-celtics-relive-a-half-century-of-otherworldly-memories 10 comments nba
- In 1995, SI had a cover before the DAL/SF NFC-CG called 'The Real Super Bowl.' Included in that magazine was this story at the height of when DAL/SF were viewed as being in a league of their own. https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/01/16/destroyers-the-bears-and-the-packers-were-minor-irritants-for-the-49ers-and-the-cowboys-who-rolled-toward-a-super-nfc-showdown 17 comments nfl
- “Bag it, Michael! Jordan and the White Sox are Embarrassing Baseball.” [SI 1994 cover story] https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/03/14/err-jordan-try-as-he-might-michael-jordan-has-found-baseball-beyong-his-grasp 12 comments nba
- [Jackie MacMullan] before 1997 draft "Why bother? even if your team gets a stellar player like Tim Duncan in the NBA draft, it probably won't make any difference in the long run" https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/06/23/why-bother-even-if-your-team-gets-a-stellar-player-like-tim-duncan-in-the-nba-draft-it-probably-wont-make-any-difference-in-the-long-run 69 comments nba
- In 1994, Dikembe Mutombo was set to marry med student Michelle Roberts when, the day before the wedding, she refused to sign a prenuptial agreement. Over 500 guests, including a large party from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, had begun to fly in. Mutombo called off the wedding https://vault.si.com/vault/2009/03/23/how-and-why-athletes-go-broke 127 comments nba
- Offseason thread: This story from 1989 talking about the absurdity of a bench player getting a six year contract for $13 million is adorable https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/11/06/millions-from-heaven-the-atlanta-hawks-jon-koncak-was-a-center-of-little-renown-averaging-62-points-and-61-rebounds-career-until-he-signed-a-six-year-contract-worth-13-million-now-other-lesser-nba-players-sh 17 comments nba