The Rise & Fall Of Sports Illustrated Magazine
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For over 50 year Sports Illustrated Magazine was the go to place for sports media. But recently they layed off their entire staff and there doesn't seem to be anything left of the company. What happened to them was a series of events, and failure to adapt to the internet age. This is the story of Sports Illustrated the greatest sports magazine to ever exist.
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FlemLo Illustrated
Simple they where going broke they tried pandering to wirdeo woke leftist witch cause to lose even more customers congratulations wokeness infections destroys another brand but that's the sole purpose
Hey flemlo, I was wondering if you could help me out bro and I could help you. I am a college student who needs to do a research paper, I want to do it over something to do with sports. Could you give me some ideas? Once I have the paper done, I could send it to you so you can make a video over it (I would like a shout-out or like $10-$20 for the paper once I get it done).
Forgot to mention this was a great video and loved learning about the whole rise and fall of Sports Illustrated!
Bro you do know it’s dead because of you and people like you right ?
The end of an era 😢
Good. Sports Illustrated is mainstream garbage. Independent sports media like Flemlo and McAfee are wayyyy better
Too bad we can’t see captain winky on the swimsuit issue anymore 😭
Bro, YOU are the new SI (and others like you). In depth, well written & researched stories, interesting perspectives.
Only thing you guys are missing is the iconic images, which is very difficult in a video-based medium. I think Grossi’s 30 in 30 series has come the closest so far.
Keep hustling!
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Meat rider
@beeftestosterone4355 you are so pathetic and lame. Grow up
@@beeftestosterone4355 Found the 15 year old.
Spot on. Some of the best journalists are now online/youtube. Kudos to SI surviving as long as they did in the internet era.
A little note about the Blockbuster story: they passed on buying netflix because they’d already signed an infrastructure deal with Enron to provide broadband internet to the masses, allowing streaming to become a business model years before Netflix went from a web-order video service to a streaming platform. Had Enron not been committing accounting fraud and they actually fulfilled their deal with Blockbuster, Blockbuster would’ve been a streaming service 5 or so years before Netflix
Hmm. You learn something new everyday
Wow, I never heard of that? Really sucks for them.
I worked for sports illustrated as a photographer for almost 7yrs. Was an awesome experience. I have my photographer long sleeve shirt framed on my wall in my sports room. Thanks for the flashbacks of memories. I have around 200 magazines with signature and such, and this kinda brought the urge to get the rest of them signed. Thanks
I really appreciate your work and that you don't curse. We sports dads appreciate it.
💯 truth
Me too as a non-dad
Could do without the betting adverts, but he does have a living to make, and I like his insight.
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Another thing was SI was also huge up and coming athletes. Being on the cover of a SI magazine truly was a big deal and made players into all-stars. A lot had a dream to be on it and felt being on it was a sure sign they were gonna make it in college and the pros.
Completely agree. Go woke, go broke.
The "Faces In The Crowd" section on High School and other amateurs was also cool...would be interesting to see how many legends first appeared as kids in this section...
In the 80s and 90s my favorite part was in the back "Faces in the Crowd". That was were I first heard of a highschool running back named Emmitt Smith and many other up and coming ball players. Of course I also looked forward to the Swimsuit edition. Kathy Ireland and Elle McPherson 😂
They had an infinite ticket to print money in the Swimsuit Issue and somehow managed to let wokeness intervene.
Now they put people who like Rapinoe on the swimsuit issue. Likely part of the problem
@DaneOrschlovsky somehow?? It was by design because they want to put wokeness and trans acceptance into your sportsball
@@kennethblachlyjr3040no one asked for her I promise😂
My grandfather had the SI subscription for 20 + years. I have memories of him teaching me to read as he flip through the pages, or just me learning so much about the sports loved. It’s def sad to see them go, but they provided so much to us as sports fans and that should always be remembered.
I have hundreds of Sports cards from Sports Illustrated for Adults/Kids. My grandpa paid for it the first time and just kept renewing it for me every year. I don’t remember when he stopped, but I still have all of those cards, along with the magazines they came with me still. I know I have the cards with me, but the magazines are probably at my mom’s house. I currently live with my Grandparents due to their health declining, so I get to see my paw’s reactions every time he see the cards
Takes me back. My grandparents paid for my SI subscription from the early 1970's until well into the 80's. I didn't really know my dad but his parents used to take me to see ballgames in Detroit, Cincinnati and Cleveland every Summer. I'd spend the drive catching them up on everything I'd read in the magazine.
I grew up with this magazine on my parent’s coffee table, constantly. There was also a Reader’s Digest, TV Guide, and Better Homes & Gardens.
That was in the late 80’s. I haven’t bought a magazine in like 15 years now.
I had a SI subscription for ever, u remember the free stuff u would get for ur sub. Jackets , sweaters etc that was unreal
Parents got me a subscription at the age of 6. Oklahoma Football on the front cover. I’ve had a subscription since then, im 44 now. Truly an end of an era, one that I will truly truly miss
Look at their past few swimsuit issues. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to put 1 and 1 together.
Amen!
You can’t spell it out why in so many words but you hit it. So glad that’s mentioned, thank you
Oh yeah it's not like the rest of magazines and as the Internet gains importance there was less reliance on a physical magazine but no no by all means it's the trans people.
Embarrassing.
^^^^^^^
Found the Biden voter
@@andrewstar21 Trans people? I didn't say anything about them. Honest question, why are you bringing it up?
I feel like you're part of the legacy of SI, as you describe it in the video. You're part of a core group of storytellers in the YT sports space that breathe life into sports, this thing that the players literally dedicate their entire lives into up until they retire. It means a lot.
For the longest time, I wanted to work for Sports Illustrated. Being a sports journalist by trade, I wanted to be Rick Reilly and write with that same flare and insight so many of the writers had. You didn’t get that kind of freedom at a local newspaper, not even when it came to the features I would write. In 2007 I left my job of 11 years, needing a reset and time away. Little did I know 2008 would be the death knell of not just our economy, but of the print industry as well. And as I look at sports “journalism” these days, it just seems like bad E! Television and Keeping up With the Kardashians vibes. It truly was a legendary publication, as I was a subscriber for many years. But nobody cares about the brand anymore, just themselves. 70 years is a good run, but it could have kept going for many years if the right people took over.
No one cares about quality, it's about quantity as people will consume whatever garbage to deter boredom
Why shoild anyone care about a corporate brand over themselves? Does the corporation care about them? Lpl
Thank you for mentioning Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer. As a photographer myself I constantly admire both men’s work and I was so excited to hear you talk about them.
It makes me sad that we will never know the greatest writers of our generation, because there is no venue for their talent. I hope that this is one bottom end of a cycle and that magazines and quality writing make a comeback. As much as I love watching UA-camrs like FlemLo and others, I just miss the old days sometimes.
When the magazine comes in and you can barely contain your excitement, not only at the news, but the way the writing popped off the page and brought you to a different world. May this not a be a RIP, but a new beginning.
The writers are one thing. Why are we not talking about that fact they try to do the “progressive thing” and shove fat-ass’s down our throats and tell us “it’s sexy”
There hasn’t been any good writers at SI in years. Unless you’re a woketard, I don’t know why any man or woman would want to read something from SI.
In all honesty FLEM you are the reason they couldn't/wouldn't have made it anyways. The internet and platforms like youtube evened the playing field of journalism. I enjoyed SI for decades and then comes the internet. A former player like you as well as fantastic with logical, indepth, entertaining, and informative stories are the ultimate competition. They held no leverage as top journalists and it wasn't worth the $$ competing in the end. Great job sir b/c you are indeed the next generation of top tier sports journalism!!!
SI’s upbringing and its downfall is ultimate lesson in irony
I wonder if you’re even allowed to talk about it…🤔
Guys like you provide more in depth, independent minded, well written video magazine articles than anything that comes out of any sports publication these days. I miss The Sporting News. It had the best baseball and hockey coverage.
Pre cell phone era time killer in the waiting room. I actually didn't mind showing up early for appts
Thanks! I knew this story was going to hit your doorstep. Great job.
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Flemlo never disappoints. Ever.
I actually got the chance to visit their SI for Kids headquarters growing up because my friend was being interviewed for an article. It was really cool! Bummed to see this happen.
You have a great channel bro, keep up the good work.
Personally, never read an issue but always wanted to order that 1 year subscription for the low-low. LoL
This story is an allegory for sports as a whole over the last 20 years. When corporatism and bottom line profits supercedes passion.
It’s been like for over 20 years
I totally agree!
Bottom line profits are driving nothing. When you start lecturing your consumer and start publishing your swimsuit edition with trans and fat women on the cover you’re committing brand suicide in the service of ideology. They’re like Rolling Stone which has become a husk of its former self and a vehicle for corporatist ideology and politics.
If they cared about profits they wouldn’t have put Martha Stewart in the swimsuit cover lmao
Glad you made this video. When Peter King left SI, it started a massive decline in its NFL coverage. Today, most online articles are just collated tweets reacting to sideline trivialities. Very sad.
Bro you're coming close to that 1m subs! Much love famo. You're the go to channel for players I randomly wondered what happened to.
Well done sir!! Always enjoy your insightful commentary and reporting. UA-cam is lucky to have you!!
I’ll always value that my Grandma was one of the athletes named in their 1999 best athletes of all time from Maine issue.
Some of the most memorable articles I remember reading were about a young up and coming Mike Tyson and Hines Ward's upbringing when he was still at Georgia. SI had great writers.
If I ever write a biography. Forget Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones. I want Flemlo to narrate it. Your storytelling is immaculate. I’ve watched the growth for the past 5 years. The hard work has paid off. Much respect brother
All media companies are getting hammered right now but also Sports Illustrated built a fan base then turned its back on them.
Then they killed the swimsuit issue...
SI was the bible of sports, the photos, writing and journalistic qualities were amazing back in the day. SI kids was great also, having a poster or two inside, definitely appealed to kids. Sad to see that it didn't adapt to change and then being married to the change that it lost it's essence.
I have good memories about the SI Kids magazines, still the have Russell Wilson/Peyton Manning poster
WOW. Had no idea until I saw your video. At a loss for words on the collapse of THE ICONIC SI MAGAZINE. Just like during a game you have to make adjustments, the irony here is strong. Aside from being taken by total shock, love your channel - you are right there with them at their peak, but your artwork shines even brighter and uncapped potential. Thank you for your amazing hard work!
For the last three years, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover was a chubby girl, Martha Stewart, and a trans-woman, respectively. They left their brand and the clientele left them. Derp.
I absolutely love your deep thought provoking videos like this one. Keep up the excellent work. You never directly throw shade at anyone, you let the viewers come to their own conclusions.
Big ups to this man. Big fan, hope he goes far. Good delivery, good tone, and good objectiveness. Keep them coming.
Now that video was truly great journalism ! Well done !
When I was a kid my older brother had a subscription to SI. The magazine showed up on Friday and I spent half of Saturday reading it cover to cover. I knew so much about sports I was able to impress my friends at the lunch table with my sports talk. This was before everyone had ESPN and 24 hour sports radio, so SI and Wide World of Sports were the major way I learned about what was happening in sports
You do a fantastic job carrying the torch. Your ability to story tell, and convey fact based commentary compared to the talking head model is compelling. You're well researched, and extremely relatable.
This is so great. Thank you for this. We appreciate you!!!!
Bro you’re style of journalism is captivating well researched and extremely sensory pleasing there have been a lot of really great episodes, but this one was like a swift kick in the nuts. It really hurt my soul I so appreciate you putting this together as a child and a fucked up home. It was more than a magazine. it was my escape my window to the world.
I was waiting on this one. Knew you’d be all over it. Thanks for your dedication flem. You’re on my mt Rushmore of UA-camrs for real
I think you overlooked the fact that SI turned into a left-wing publication. That turned off a lot of people, plus putting big women and men dressed up like women in their swimsuit edition, killed the business. Espn is going through the same woke problems.
Bingo! Everything woke turns to shyte
Dude you’re content is a step above. Congrats on 1m subs ahead of time!!
@FlemLoRaps the passion, as well as the phenomenal research and heartfelt opinions, which you delivered in this video, is really what sets you apart from other UA-camrs. I felt it in your voice man, as you were right, we all wanted to on the cover as kids, or write for SI as adults. I’ll just throw this out there…I have a real passion for sports journalism, and if you ever start a blog or site, I’d love and opportunity to chop it up and pump out some real, heartfelt pieces on the sports we love. God bless bro.
Hey flemlo, ive been a fan for years, your content is amazing keep up the amazing work
Your storytelling is always on point and information is great.
Was hoping you would write about this. Love your work. Thank you
Thanks bro🙏🏾. Appreciate yo support
You never disappoint!! One of the best channels on UA-cam facts!!!
Proud of this channel 💜 Keep Going flemlo
They got too pc. The hockey news getting lost in the pc crowd too. We are simple folks - just want sports and business of sports. Not politics.
This is an EXCELLENT breakdown of a topic I didn't know I'd be interested in. GJ, another example of why I keep coming back here :)
Get woke, go....
Great retrospective/analysis. Thank you!
Damn Bro…. This legit a masterpiece! Showed your skills and dedication on this one my boi 💪🏾💯
I love the honest, relatable way you talk about these stories... conversely I'm devastated you'd plug a gambling site hell bent on turning your viewers into gambling addicts with such a generous opening offer to try took cats...bad form man...real bad form
*to try to 'hook' cats
It’s like any death. Inevitable, unavoidable, but none the less captivating.
Remember “NFL Rocks” highlight music video that you got with the subscription one year? I loved that as a kid! Got me into some old songs I didn’t know either. Changed my taste in music bc I probably watched it 100 times.
Another aspect of writing is alot are freelancers/designated as contractors. Specifically California, they past laws a few years back that made it harder for companys to have contractor/freelancers. Specifically for writers, you can be anywhere in the country and be employed as a writer. But by law "specifically companys connected to cali" if you write a curtain number of articles, that company has to make you an employee. Being designated as a employee comes with different text stuff and insurance, hence why they may opt to employ as freelancers or contractors. So when the law passed, many 1000s got laid off. Not sure if this or anyone other laws effected them negatively, but it probably didn't help.
Wonderful topic Flem, as always. Reminds me of my SI Kids sub from back in the day
That was an excellent presentation. You are doing great work. Thank you.
So many great covers I had on my wall growing up.
“All good things come to an end”
Thank you for this story. Sports Illustrated may be a casualty of the digital age, but you know how to succeed in using this venue for in-depth reporting. Well done, as always!
SI is like everything else in life..its idea was grown upon and lived a full life…but like everything else it’s matured and died..unfortunately yes but in its death creates new outlets and you sir are one of them. Your delivery and flow shows that you actually put thought and care into your craft..you are the new SI.
Your content is always so good and appreciated!
Flem your channel is killer bro, really it's the best. It's a shame more people don't know about your writing
I remembered reading those SI Kids articles from around the mid 2010s from the school's library and just having a BLAST seeing not just the sports, but the little games into it. I remembered also having a collection of those sports cards they had included with those articles before disappearing in my old house. I miss those Middle School days... RIP
I’m from a small town (well, small when I lived there) and the nearest mall was over an hour away, so It was a rare thing. But I’ll never forget in 8th grade when I got to go, and I finally got my hands on the swim suit issue, I felt like a damn king, and the kid hiding it in the mattress at the beginning hit too close to home 😂
Beautiful story!! Only Flemlo could have made this video.. That's why you almost have 1 million subscribers....
Well done on this. Great history lesson on SI.
Read this religiously when I was coming up in the 70s. It's such a shame of its demise due to its legacy. Another great video FlemLo.
Great journalism. The current, the past, and the road to the failure. Everything I needed to know. Thank you.
Your videos are always fantastic. Just years of great content.
You deserve your spot up with the stars Flemlo 💯💯
Not surprised after giving Deion sportsman of the year after going 4-8
At least they didn’t give it to a man dressed up like a woman.
At least they didn’t give it to one of the VERY successful fellas playing women’s sports. Lots of champions among those fellas.
That's cold my brother 😅
@@joleaneshmoleane8358 that’s facts
We have a copy of the Deion sportsman of the year magazine at my office. Each time a coworker looks at it on the counter, they laugh and ask how an he be voted for that. Its a running joke at my work.
People like you are the ones who keep SI alive bro keeping the sporting news out and keeping the roots to this alive
Their college preview every year was the best. Football and Basketball
My first edition was Brady Quinn, you definitely brought back memories with this one! The Golden era im sure, and it will be missed!
I remember mowing yards and stuff as a kid to afford my subscription to sports illustrated. It was such a big part of my childhood. SI along with the early days of ESPN are the reason i ontained my joirnalisim degree. 💯 Its a sad day
You are the best! Every video you put out there just shows how stupid good you are at your craft.
One of the best storytellers on UA-cam ‼️🖤‼️
Working for SI was my dream as a kid. I still have all of my old magazines, from the Giants ‘07 SB to Jeters retirement and Gino Smith at WVU.
End of an Era. I thank my mom for keeping SI for kids in rotation when I was very young. This provided the foundation for my love of sports in general and its history.
go woke go broke lmaooo
advertisers had to be woke to buy adds , not woke enough, couldn't advertise
@@philipkoekemoer4705 it really kicked off after 2 certain covers
This shit bout to be fire.. Que Da Wayne
S.I. used to be a stable to me when I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s ( especially the swimsuit editions) 😂
1:00 omg I was expecting it to be about sports illustrated but the fact that it was from the commercial itself and not a meme rocked my world
Man, the irony in this one is kind of painful.
@FlemloRaps, you are who I look to first for quality sports reporting. Not the real-time, post-game stuff. The deeper, insightful backstory. That's why I would scramble to get my hands on Sports Illustrated 20 years ago when I was in high school. To find those stories that went deeper than the Sportscenter rundowns and Baseball Tonight segments. Now, I check your channel daily in anticipation of what you've put together and how you've crafted the story to shine light in dark corners of the world around some of our time's most fascinating and/or controversial professional athletes.
You are one of the best of our generation.
Exactly what you are doing,keep the tradition going!!
you make amazing content FlemLo Raps, thank you
Good work as always FlemLo🤙🏾
Trans model swimsuit covers! 😅
Phenomenal job with this video
Go Woke Go Broke.
They should have kept it sports and swimsuit related only. RIP SI
Man SI was so damn influential to my love or sport, and swimsuits lol. Very great video on a great topic!
I only ever read the swimsuit edition, for the articles, of course!😂
Man of culture I see
Then they put a man on the cover.
@@curronwilliamslmaooooo. It’s crazy bc the OG French dude would’ve never ever let anything crazy like that happen. He knew his market. The VASTTTTT majority of sports fans, SI readers are male. They want to see beautiful women. Hell even a ton of women (straight, normal women) want to see beautiful women on the cover of the swimsuit edition or w/e. Truly see real, beautiful women be celebrated, not crazy photoshopped anorexic models, or obese women, or whatever else.
Like he said the French appreciate the female body. It’s simply more beautiful than the male body…regardless of your preferences. Did anyone wanna see the body issue? The ones where you saw naked 300 pound dudes holding a baseball bat or w/e to cover up their junk? CRAZY.
Thank you for the video.