Typically, this space is reserved for highlighting the best news stories that I came across over the week. But something happened this week that changed everything.
Sports Illustrated has been an absolute staple of sports media since even before I took my first breath in this world. My parents purchased and SI Kids subscription. I had an SI subscription until I had had kids myself and ran out of time to read it like I once did. Despite that, SI never lost it’s spot in my heart.
Then, on Thursday, news broke that 50% of all SI staff would find themselves laid off.