This week on the tablets: A possible predecessor to Tim Tebow
Posted: December 15, 2011 Filed under: Chris Mannix, Jim Trotter, Peter King, Sports Illustrated App, Sports Illustrated iPad, Sports Illustrated Tablet, Tablet Extras | Tags: dan marino sports illustrated 1984, nba free agency, rick telander dan marino, sports illustrated college football all-americans, week 15 nfl predictions, year in media 2011 sports illustrated Comments Off
There is truth to Champ Bailey when he says, in describing Tim Tebow to senior writer Jim Trotter (@SI_JimTrotter) for this week’s cover story: “I don’t know what to compare it to. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Indeed, few young quarterbacks have led as many comebacks in such dramatic fashion. Yet Tebow is hardly the first second-year signal-caller to take the NFL by storm. The SI Digital Bonus for the Dec. 19 issue is a story on one of them: Dan Marino. Nearly 27 years ago to the day, the Dolphins’ “legend in the making” was profiled for SI by Rick Telander. Whether Tebow’s heroics will put him in a similar position—with a similar descriptor—is yet to be determined.
This week on the tablets: Celebrating hoops on the pro and college levels
Posted: December 1, 2011 Filed under: Sports Illustrated App, Sports Illustrated iPad, Sports Illustrated Tablet | Tags: college three-pointer 25-year anniversary, lsu alabama highlights, mike mayock nfl network, nba lockout over, rookie nfl quarterbacks, Vasili Alexeyev world's strongest man Comments OffHoop heads of the NBA and college game had reasons to celebrate this week, but they were divergent ones. This week’s tablet edition recognizes both levels of basketball bliss. With the NBA lockout coming to a close, senior writer Ian Thomsen (@SI_IanThomsen) recaps how everything was resolved and previews the start of the season in a podcast interview. On the college level, there was a different sort of milestone to celebrate: the 25th anniversary of the three-pointer. Senior writer Kelli Anderson’s feature story—appropriately titled “Trey Magnifique”—opens with a spread consisting of eight marquee moments in the history of the shot, seven of which include a hot spot with a link to a YouTube video.
This week on the tablets: embracing Tebow-mania
Posted: November 23, 2011 Filed under: Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated App, Sports Illustrated iPad, Sports Illustrated Tablet, Weekly Issue | Tags: best college football rivalries, citadel football rick reilly, nascar awards, nascar sprint cup, paper lion george plimpton, tim tebow highlights, tony stewart video Comments OffRegardless of what people’s opinions are, Tim Tebow is firmly entrenched in the consciousness of NFL fans everywhere. If it feels like people have been debating his ability (or lack thereof) forever, it’s because they have, going back to Tebow’s days as a freshman phenom for the University of Florida. The tablet edition of this week’s issue features a photo gallery documenting key steps in Tebow’s career, starting with his trademark jump pass against LSU five years ago. In addition, senior writer Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) discusses his profile on Denver’s signal-caller in a podcast interview.
This week on the tablets: Predecessors of JaMarcus Russell on the list of NFL busts
Posted: October 27, 2011 Filed under: Grant Wahl, Peter King, Sports Illustrated App, Sports Illustrated iPad, Tablet Extras, Weekly Issue | Tags: biggest nfl busts, bill polian, dallas cowboys, demarco murray, jamarcus russell, jay berwanger, kasey keller, mls cup predictions, seattle sounders, tim tebow video, william nack Comments OffSenior writer Jon Wertheim’s (@jon_wertheim) profile on former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has generated a lot of conversation this week. Two years after he last played a down, he remains the most maligned figure in football and is still widely considered “the biggest washout in NFL history,” as Wertheim writes. And yet his fall is nothing new in the history of the NFL; No. 1 overall picks have been turning into busts ever since there has been a draft. (The very first pick, Jay Berwanger in 1936, never played a down in the NFL.) With that in mind, the tablet edition of this week’s issue includes hotspots on six of the most notable washouts among No. 1 overall picks in the past 50 years.
