Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Pearlman’

Moment #8: John Rocker spews homophobia to ‘Sports Illustrated’

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 1999. When Jeff Pearlman was assigned by Sports Illustrated in 1999 to write a story about Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker, he was expecting to pen an image-rehabilitation article. Pearlman told Outsports this week: I knew he was something of [...]

SI columnist rips swimsuit issue

Finally, a straight man who’s creeped out by Sports Illustrated‘s all-girl swimsuit issue. I say all-girl and not all-woman because that’s Jeff Pearlman‘s major beef with the sexy photo spread: Now, I just find the issue strange. The average SI reader is probably a male in his mid-40s. The average SI swimsuit model is a [...]