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  1. A Single Frame

    27/12/2018

    A Single Frame

    Sports Illustration has been around as long as organized sports have. From Olympians on Grecian urns to our modern digital drawings, illustration expresses something no camera can capture: the entirety of sport in a single frame.

    20 min
  2. The Iron Men of Sewanee

    03/12/2018

    The Iron Men of Sewanee

    Who is the greatest college football team of all time? They hail from Tennessee, but it’s not the Vols. Rather it's the 1899 Sewanee Tigers, who after beating 5 teams in 6 days by a collective score of 91-0 were known simply as the “Iron Men.” Here's their story.

    18 min
  3. The Alliance

    31/10/2018

    The Alliance

    The Alliance of American Football is not the first to try and set up a second football league. In the past half century, the Alliance is the 5th challenger to the NFL’s throne. That means roughly every 10 years an upstart takes a shot at winning its piece of the football pie. This February 9th the AAF will add its name to the list of gridiron upstarts, learning from the mistakes of those that came before to try and do something so much harder than it sounds and give America what it wants. Football.

    36 min
  4. Knuckle Up

    28/05/2018

    Knuckle Up

    Bare Knuckle boxing isn’t a street fight. It’s one of the oldest organized sports around. It’s strategic. It’s fast paced. It’s skillful. And it’s making a comeback. On June 2nd 2018 Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will hold what they’re billing as the first legal, sanctioned and regulated fight since 1889. To once again reach the pinnacle of combat sports in America Bare Knuckle Boxing will have to overcome a stigma of brutality and years of being forced underground.

    24 min
  5. International Rules

    17/05/2018

    International Rules

    Sports love their hometown heroes, but for every LeBron James there is an Anton Tinnerholm. Tinnerholm left his native Sweden in January to come and play soccer for NYCFC. Being a professional athlete is tough. Being a professional athlete in a foreign land is downright daunting.

    20 min
  6. Miyagi Do: Ralph Macchio on 34 Years as the Karate Kid

    03/05/2018

    Miyagi Do: Ralph Macchio on 34 Years as the Karate Kid

    When the Karate Kid came out in 1984, Ralph Macchio as his on-screen counterpart Daniel LaRusso became an American martial arts icon and kicked off a karate craze that swept America. 34 Years later, he reprises his role as a good-hearted karate practitioner from New Jersey in the YouTube Red series Cobra Kai. Harry Swartout sits down with the Karate Kid himself to learn about the original film, new series and the Miyagi-like balance between the two.

    21 min
  7. The Future of Baseball

    05/04/2018

    The Future of Baseball

    In 1998 MLB imagined baseball's future with their Turn Ahead the Clock promotion. It's not quite 2027 yet, but Major League Baseball whiffed on their predictions of wonky jerseys and the Mets relocating to Mercury. Instead baseball's future hinges on juiced balls, fantasy stats and the Latinx infusion.

    25 min
  8. Color Theory

    08/03/2018

    Color Theory

    Color is iconic. From the first row, to the cheap seats, all the way through the television hundreds of miles away fans can find their players with ease and identify compatriots rooting just like them. Color can give a team the mental edge, sell jerseys and even change the outcome of the game.

    18 min
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Podcast by Sports Illustrated

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  • Creator
    Sports Illustrated
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2018
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Narrative

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