Posts Tagged ‘Sports Illustrated’

SI Swimsuit Models We Like: Cintia Dicker

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

It’s Sports Illustrated’s week, apparently. First there was the A-Rod business (still don’t care), and today, their Swimsuit Edition hit the intertubes — and the reaction is absolutely everywhere. So, instead of simply reviewing the issue or the like, I’m simply going to focus on a few of the models that stood out [...]

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SI Swims With the Ladies

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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It’s that time of year, folks. The time when Sports Illustrated turns into Titillation Illustrated, as incredibly gorgeous women literally pour out of their pages, some wearing less then dental floss, some wearing nothing but body paint (!!!!). One of the reasons this year’s SI Swimsuit Edition makes me so [...]

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SI’s Best Sports Pictures of 2008

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

As we draw closer to the end of another year, it’s time for all of those nifty year-end compilations. Sports Illustrated got a little ahead of the game — these things usually come out after Christmas — when they released their Greatest Shots of 08, a 56-image gallery that captures the year in sports [...]

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Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt?

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Sports Illustrated released their “Sportsman of the Year” issue and as expected, the second-most decorated Olympic athlete ever — Michael Phelps — was their choice. But was it the right one? Look, there’s no arguing about what Phelps accomplished in Beijing. Eight gold medals is an incredible feat and deserves to be [...]

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Fun With SI and Rick Pitino

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

As indicated in my last post, Rick Pitino issued an apology to Louisville fans for losing to Western Kentucky on Sunday. Naturally, when a coach of Pitino’s stature does anything something like this, it makes the media rounds. Unfortunately for someone at Sports Illustrated’s FanNation blogging platform, they forgot that while Pitino does [...]

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SI’s Contextual Ads are Really Accurate

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

While perusing the CO-ED Magazine post about the NBA Playoff Dancers (you know, research), I was struck by just how accurate SI’s Quigo-powered contextual advertising service really is. I mean, it apparently knows enough to pair NBA Cheerleaders and teeth-whitening reports.

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Is that a definition of irony or damn good accuracy? [...]

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