SI:AM | LeBron James Turns Back the Clock to Carry Shorthanded Lakers to 2–0 Lead Los Angeles has control of its series against the Rockets, even with two key players missing. Sports Illustrated · Apr 22
SI:AM | Can Anyone Dethrone the Dodgers? L.A. is looking for a three-peat. Can any MLB team prevent it? Sports Illustrated · Mar 25
Why Alysa Liu Retired From Figure Skating and Came Back to Win Olympic Gold The Olympic hero announced her retirement from figure skating less than four years ago. Sports Illustrated · Feb 20
SI:AM | Yankees’ Fifth-Inning Collapse Will Live in Infamy It all came crashing down in 20 agonizing minutes. Sports Illustrated · Oct 31, 2024
Oakland Coliseum’s Restricted Section Is a Gold Mine of Gorgeous Views, Old Junk and Rich Stories Mount Davis, a giant seating structure soaring over center field, has been closed to fans for years. The man who has long guarded it has plenty of tales to tell. Sports Illustrated · Sep 26, 2024
Roundtable: Previewing the Final Month of MLB’s Regular Season Who are the contenders, pretenders and dark horse award picks as the baseball season hurtles into its stretch run? Our staff discusses those topics and more. Sports Illustrated · Aug 30, 2024
SI:AM | The Olympics Are Officially Underway To get you excited, here are a few story lines to watch. Sports Illustrated · Jul 24, 2024
SI:AM | Yet Another Huge Win for the Celtics They absolutely demolished the Warriors. Sports Illustrated · Mar 4, 2024
MLB Roundtable: Giants Put Trust in System With Jordan Hicks Signing Without being able to land top-end talent, San Francisco took a bit of a risk by adding the veteran reliever with the hope of making him a key piece of its starting rotation. Sports Illustrated · Jan 12, 2024
Assessing the Cubs’, Guardians’ and Mets’ Managerial Hires The baseball offseason has arrived, and, before any huge contracts get handed out to big-name free agents, plenty of clubs are deciding who will lead them in the dugout going forward. Sports Illustrated · Nov 6, 2023
SI:AM | World Series Preview Plus, Damian Lillard’s electrifying Bucks debut. Sports Illustrated · Oct 27, 2023
SI:AM | The Phillies’ Vibes Are Immaculate They’re getting used to celebrating this time of year. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13, 2023
The Yankees are worth $6bn: why won’t they pay $9 for their players’ wifi? The Bronx Bombers’ cheapness will be seen by many as another sign that the franchise remains trapped in the glory days of its past The Guardian - US · Mar 21, 2023
Sports Illustrated · Feb 10, 2023 The Most Impactful MLB Offseason Signings We asked three of our writers which deal they thought was the best of this winter’s free agency.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 3, 2023 Catch ’23: What MLB’s Top 10 Catchers List Means for the Position Last night, MLB Network concluded its annual Top 10 Right Now list of players at every position with its ranking of the best catchers in the league entering the 2023 season. All of the positional lists are good starting points for fun baseball debates. Is Corbin Burnes really the best…
Sports Illustrated · Dec 29, 2022 SI’s Favorite Stories of 2022 Staffers put together a list of the can’t-miss features that defined a wild year in sports.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 23, 2022 A Giant Disappointment At 11:50 a.m. ET Wednesday, less than 10 hours after news broke that Carlos Correa and the Mets had agreed to a 12-year, $315 million contract, I texted my friend Connor two sentences: “Wellness check. You alive?” Connor is a Giants fan, and, well, as you know by now, it’s…
Sports Illustrated · Nov 3, 2022 Combined No-Hitters Are Stupid Last night, in the Astros’ 5–0 win over the Phillies in Game 4, a team had no hits in a World Series game for just the second time in history. Except, it didn’t feel like history, at least not in the type of history that will go down in World…
Sports Illustrated · Nov 2, 2022 The Large Lovable Lads Who Crush Dingers Last night’s Game 3 was the most entertaining 7–0 result I’ve ever seen. Despite the lopsided outcome, it was impossible for even the most nonpartisan people watching at home to feel anything but feral joy. That’s the effect these Phillies have on us. They are the most relatable band of…
Sports Illustrated · Nov 1, 2022 The Astros Benefit From the Rainout Just as Much as the Phillies The immediate takeaway from last night’s rainout is that the postponement benefits the Phillies, who get an extra day of rest for their pitching staff, which isn’t as deep as that of the Astros. Ranger Suárez and Aaron Nola are still scheduled to pitch tonight and tomorrow night, as was…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 31, 2022 Three World Series Questions for the Next Three Games If you thought the first two World Series games were exciting, just wait until tonight. For the first time in 13 years, Philadelphia is hosting a World Series game—and it’s on Halloween night, against the villains of baseball, one day after the Eagles defeated the Steelers at home to improve…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 30, 2022 Kyle Schwarber Missed It by That Much… Twice! Although last night’s game, which the Astros won 5–2 to even the World Series, 1–1, failed to match the thrill of the Phillies’ comeback victory in Game 1, it still delivered plenty of exciting moments. The first inning, for instance, featured three doubles on the first four pitches, ...
Sports Illustrated · Oct 29, 2022 Nick Castellanos’s Clutch Plays Set Up Thrilling World Series Man, oh man, that was fun. At its best, the World Series is the perfect display of what makes our game special, and last night’s Game 1 had everything. The Phillies pulled off the rare World Series comeback of five or more runs to beat the Astros, 6–5, in 10…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 23, 2022 The Death of Do-or-Die Playoff Games These are the games that give baseball the one thing it seems to lack when compared to other sports: appointment viewing.