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sregis
18 Sep 2003, 05:22 PM
surely this has been mentioned elsewhere, but i have to give a big pitch for the mia hamm piece in the current si- a remarkable, unconventional bit of writing.
roarksown1
18 Sep 2003, 05:23 PM
Does it cover the folding of the WUSA? I assume the printed article was for hyping up the WWC, and they probably didn't have time to cover the folding of the league. Then again, that's just an assumption. Is it a part of the story or not?
sregis
18 Sep 2003, 05:27 PM
i'm sure the article had been written, but they did manage to get the wusa demise in there...it actually worked w/ the running themes.
Andy_B
18 Sep 2003, 05:33 PM
Here is the cover itself. The local sports talk radio station was talking about the article, in relation to Nomar.
http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers/images/2003/0922_large.jpg
sregis
18 Sep 2003, 05:39 PM
looks like, and was expecting another conventional profile, but it's anything but.
DoyleG
19 Sep 2003, 02:14 AM
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
Treetaliano
19 Sep 2003, 02:26 AM
God willing...
Wolves_67
19 Sep 2003, 02:27 AM
Originally posted by DoyleG
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
SI CURSE!!!!
Oh well.. At least it came late in her career. :(
I sure hope we don't see Freddy on the cover until after we win the WC with him. :)
RBourd52
19 Sep 2003, 04:30 PM
Posted this in another thread, but that is the best piece of writing I've seen out of SI in a while, and that is saying something because it is (and has always been) a very well written magazine.
I get the "Greatest American Sports Writing" anthology every year and I anticipate this will be in it next year.
dcajedi
19 Sep 2003, 07:40 PM
i know this is a little out of place but:
is the WWC preview in this issue or not? i have the 'subscriber's edition' and can't find it (contrary to grant wahl's latest column).
NER_MCFC
19 Sep 2003, 10:36 PM
Originally posted by RBourd52
That is the best piece of writing I've seen out of SI in a while.
Funny, I was thinking exactly the opposite. Phrases like 'sodden sentimentality', 'shamelessly manipulative' and 'dreadfully overwritten' kept bouncing around in my mind. Too bad too, because he obviously did a huge amount of leg work and other preperation. If he's so unwilling to trust his reader to get it, he ought to go into fiction, preferably something with low reader expectations.
sregis
19 Sep 2003, 10:42 PM
i thought it a breath of fresh air from the dime-a-dozen athlete-profile junk out there...including at least a dozen i've read on mia hamm in the past 4 years. i predict awards for this one as well.
Lloyd Heilbrunn
20 Sep 2003, 05:50 PM
Originally posted by dcajedi
i know this is a little out of place but:
is the WWC preview in this issue or not? i have the 'subscriber's edition' and can't find it (contrary to grant wahl's latest column).
It's kind of hidden in a double foldin in Scorecard.
You might have skipped it thinking it was a foldin advert......