Nice Work, SI

[Hot and Rickety]

They spelled DaJuan Summers's name wrong on the cover of their most recent issue.

Photo here:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/03/sports_illustrateds_georgetown.html#comments

 

[forever_town]

Oops. Someone's going to be on the chopping block there.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Wow. That's inexcusable.

Putting DaJuan Summers on the cover, that is.

Misspelling his name is stupid, too.

 

[Guybehindtheguy]

They also had something wrong about Tennessee, saying there were six teams from the state in the tourney (Vandy, Memphis, Tenn men and women, Belmont and Austin Peay). Guess the Vandy women, a four seed I believe, don't count.

 

[fishwrapper]

They also had something wrong about Tennessee, saying there were six teams from the state in the tourney (Vandy, Memphis, Tenn men and women, Belmont and Austin Peay). Guess the Vandy women, a four seed I believe, don't count.

What tournament is that?

 

[playthrough]

Will they correct mistakes before stories go into The Vault?

 

[John]

They also had something wrong about Tennessee, saying there were six teams from the state in the tourney (Vandy, Memphis, Tenn men and women, Belmont and Austin Peay). Guess the Vandy women, a four seed I believe, don't count.

Chattanooga and ETSU women are playing, too.

 

[fishwrapper]

Yeah. I'm still lost.

 

[MileHigh]

Also, they've done this cover every year for like four or five years. It was cool the first couple of times. Now? Kinda trite.

 

[Fudgie the Whale]

They spelled DaJuan Summers's name wrong on the cover of their most recent issue.

Photo here:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/03/sports_illustrateds_georgetown.html#comments

Stupid copy editors. I always knew they were all worthless.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Words and spellings don't matter anymore. Math is now king in journalism.
-Ted Leonsis

 

[BTExpress]

I think this is the first year they did it with the horse**** regional covers, deceiving someone into thinking, "Hey, there's something on DaJuan Summers (or Lofton, or Rush, or Lavender, or Adrien) in this issue."

New rule: The cover subject has to have his name mentioned SOMEWHERE in the issue.

 

[ondeadline]

That's the cover I got also. It's one of six regional covers. The others have player from UCLA, UConn (jinx), Tennessee, Xavier and Kansas.

 

[zebracoy]

I was wondering why, of all people, they put him on the cover.

Now I know it's regionalized. Thank goodness.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Yeah, I think those covers have been regionalized for at least the last couple years.

But still, my question stands: why DaJuan Summers? Wouldn't Hibbert have been a more logical choice if they wanted to go with a Georgetown guy?

 

[IGotQuestions]

All reasons why I didn't renew my SI sub last year. I bought the Favre issue off the newstand expecting that retirement story to have substance. It didn't. Never buying the mag again.

 

[Moderator1]

Hibbert is easier to spell, too.

 

[brettwatson]

Unless I missed it, I couldn't find the key to who everyone is on the front. I know you can get it online, but if I wanted to read the mag online, I wouldn't have sprung for the subscription.

Minor complaint, but aggravating nonetheless.

And while I don't mind Selena Roberts on the inside back cover, there are many more columnists I enjoy more. She's nowhere close to a must read.

 

[broadway joe]

All reasons why I didn't renew my SI sub last year. I bought the Favre issue off the newstand expecting that retirement story to have substance. It didn't. Never buying the mag again.

If you want a Favre story with substance, read the huge Sportsman of the Year piece SI did on him a couple months ago. In their defense, it's hard to come up with another meaty piece on him so soon after that one.

 

[playthrough]

Second that. The S.O.Y. piece was outstanding.