2024 SI Sports Person of the Year

[HanSenSE]

 

[Michael_ Gee]

A fine choice.

 

[dixiehack]

Were they holding the presses to see if Jeremiah Smith could put one more touchdown up against Oregon?

 

[poindexter]

sportsjournalists.com : the last frontier of almost fanatical interest in Pasadena New Year's Day sunsets and Sportsperson of the Year selection from a publication that died years and years ago.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

sportsjournalists.com : the last frontier of almost fanatical interest in Pasadena New Year's Day sunsets and Sportsperson of the Year selection from a publication that died years and years ago.

Two replies and one like in nearly three hours doesn't scan as "almost fanatical interest" to me.

 

[HanSenSE]

Biles is a much better choice than last year when they went with Deion. Time had Caitlin Clark for its pick. Split corporate decision?

 

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sportsjournalists.com : the last frontier of almost fanatical interest in Pasadena New Year's Day sunsets and Sportsperson of the Year selection from a publication that died years and years ago.

SI paychecks still cash. I do wish more people were getting them.

 

[DanOregon]

I still think the SPOY is relevant. A mix between having a great year and career achievement. Biles is phenomenal. I'm surprised she doesn't do more ads.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Biles is a much better choice than last year when they went with Deion. Time had Caitlin Clark for its pick. Split corporate decision?

I'm fine with a split. Each was deserving of some honor. So SI went unisex with the honor? How Studio 54 of them.

 

[DanOregon]

Just to be clear, Time magazine is owned by Salesforce, SI is owned by Minute Media. There is no connection between the two publications anymore.

 

[da man]

Just to be clear, Time magazine is owned by Salesforce, SI is owned by Minute Media. There is no connection between the two publications anymore.

Is that minute, meaning very, very small?

 

[dixiehack]

Is that minute, meaning very, very small?

Rhode Island could beat the crap out of it in a war.

 

[sgreenwell]

I still think the SPOY is relevant. A mix between having a great year and career achievement. Biles is phenomenal. I'm surprised she doesn't do more ads.

What? I see her in at least 3 pretty regularly right now - one for some kind of AI or Siri-like voice assistant, Subway, and a regional one for ****'s Sporting Goods. She's all over the place.

 

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Biles is a much better choice than last year when they went with Deion. Time had Caitlin Clark for its pick. Split corporate decision?

Deion was in part an unfortunate consequence of the lead times of a monthly magazine. He was red hot in late September, then a punching bag two months later. But if the point of covers is to get people fired up, that still worked. Nikola Jokic or Mahomes would have been fine choices but relative duds for buzz.

This year, it was nice and easy to get a summer Olympic champ with a redemption story.

 

[Cosmo]

I edit a bi-monthly magazine and that's my fear every time -- that our month-out lead time for the print deadline will make a cover obsolete by the time it actually hits mailboxes. I tend to choose more evergreen subjects for that very reason. We did get lucky with our last two covers of 2024 as they were tied to national/international events being contested in our state.

As you know, we had the Solheim Cup here with the real potential of a Virginia player making the team for the first time in decades. Of course, our print deadline was in early August and the team wasn't picked until after the Women's British near the end of the month. In between, Lauren Coughlin secured her spot with her second LPGA win, but we couldn't definitively say she was on the team in our preview coverage, which kind of stunk. But it's the reality when you work with mag deadlines. Frustrates me as an old daily print guy, but I've learned to adapt.