[detter7]

In the ongoing saga of soccer and Sports Illustrated, the current edition (w/ Lance Armstrong on the cover), the is another letter to the editor about soccer, asking that the WC not be like the Super Bowl (as if the two are even close), mention of the All-Star game, and a little blurb on Gazza going to DC. Has SI heard out cries for a just a little more respect, or is this a quickly fading phase?

[branko97]

Originally posted by detter7
is this a quickly fading phase?

hopefully not. My sources tell me the Mathis and Donovan SI covers did "pretty well" at the newsstand (pulling about what Tiger Woods did with his most recent cover).

Hope to have more concrete info soon.

[Ringo]

so what did the letter say exactly?

[helmet]

I will subscribe to SI when the offer "Inside Soccer" more frequently or add a "Soccer Plus" bonus section to subscribers. I will not until then.

But what did the letter say?

[SoFla Metro]

Originally posted by helmet
I will subscribe to SI when the offer "Inside Soccer" more frequently or add a "Soccer Plus" bonus section to subscribers. I will not until then.

But what did the letter say?

That's fine, but make sure you buy them on the newstand when they do have those sections (and let them know why you're buying it). Newstand purchases (from what I understand) drive content a lot more than subscriptions.

[helmet]

Originally posted by SoFla Metro
That's fine, but make sure you buy them on the newstand when they do have those sections (and let them know why you're buying it). Newstand purchases (from what I understand) drive content a lot more than subscriptions.

I bought all of the issues in the last months with soccer featured. The writing in the magazine is good. It is a far better read than ESPN the magazine. (Sorry Jeff.)

[Northside Rovers]

Originally posted by SoFla Metro
That's fine, but make sure you buy them on the newstand when they do have those sections (and let them know why you're buying it).

Do it. And let the English see you do it.

[UncleSam527]

I bought two copies of each the Mathis and Donovan covers. I bought one for myself and I framed the cover of the other.

[crestuden]

In the magazine with Lance Armstrong on the cover there is a mention of Gazza's trial with DC United. Also in that issue there was a list of ways to improve baseball and one of them was having a World Tournament similar to the World Cup.

[superdave]

Originally posted by crestuden
Also in that issue there was a list of ways to improve baseball and one of them was having a World Tournament similar to the World Cup.

I'll say it again.

2002 marked the arrival of international soccer as a mainstream sport in US media.