Jets, Ravens and Tigers (Oh My!) on This Week’s Sports Illustrated Covers
Posted: September 13, 2011 Filed under: Ben Reiter, Damon Hack, Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated Cover, Weekly Issue | Tags: baltimore ravens, detroit tigers, joe flacco, justin verlander, mark sanchez, new york jets, ray rice, rex ryan, rob ryan Comments OffThere are three covers for this week’s Sept. 19, 2011, issue of Sports Illustrated, on newsstands tomorrow. The national cover features Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. It is Sanchez’s third appearance with the Jets — he previously appeared on the Jan. 26 and Sept. 6, 2010 covers — and his fourth overall. (He appeared on a regional cover of the 2008 College Football Preview [dated Aug. 15, 2008] while at USC.)
Appearing on the two regional covers are Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice (available in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia) and Tigers ace Justin Verlander (available in Michigan and Ohio). Below is a rundown of the cover history for all three teams featured this week:
- Jets: Sept. 5, 2011 (regional cover for the 2011 NFL Preview featuring Calvin Pace); 23rd appearance
- Ravens: Nov. 13, 2006 (“The Gospel According to Ray Lewis”); fifth appearance
- Tigers: Sept. 28, 2009 (“The Righteous Franchise”); 23rd appearance (Verlander’s second appearance following the Aug. 28, 2006, cover)
