Sports Illustrated has been irrelevant for years since they awarded the ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award in 2017 to Jose Altuve despite the infamous Astros cheating scandal uncovered.
Since they gave their 2016 award to LeBron over the Chicago Cubs or Leicester City, considering the magnitude and significance of what those clubs accomplished.
Since they failed to award the 2015 honor to the racehorse American Pharaoh, who helped deliver the first triple crown in 37 years (ending a supposed-curse in thoroughbred).
They’ve been irrelevant as they’ve angled NFL/NBA-centric stories over other, broad leagues, while reducing their own aura with “regional” covers.
“To Altuve in 2017 despite the cheating scandal uncovered”
Story didn’t break until November 2019. Altuve and JJ co-won it because they were the respective bright spots of Houston sports. They were the faces of their respective franchises. Altuve won MVP after having several top finishes before and JJ was 3x DPOY and almost won MVP in 2014. The city got fucked by Hurricane Harvey, so JJ Watt raised over $30 million even as the Texans season collapsed under injuries. Altuve was a symbol of hope when hundreds of thousands were still living in shelters, their homes destroyed. That’s what people forget.
2016 and 2015 were pretty stupid though, I agree. It shouldn’t be won more than once
Sports Illustrated has been irrelevant for years since they awarded the ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award in 2017 to Jose Altuve despite the infamous Astros cheating scandal uncovered.
Since they gave their 2016 award to LeBron over the Chicago Cubs or Leicester City, considering the magnitude and significance of what those clubs accomplished.
Since they failed to award the 2015 honor to the racehorse American Pharaoh, who helped deliver the first triple crown in 37 years (ending a supposed-curse in thoroughbred).
They’ve been irrelevant as they’ve angled NFL/NBA-centric stories over other, broad leagues, while reducing their own aura with “regional” covers.
How does a horse win “sportsman” of the year?
“To Altuve in 2017 despite the cheating scandal uncovered”
Story didn’t break until November 2019. Altuve and JJ co-won it because they were the respective bright spots of Houston sports. They were the faces of their respective franchises. Altuve won MVP after having several top finishes before and JJ was 3x DPOY and almost won MVP in 2014. The city got fucked by Hurricane Harvey, so JJ Watt raised over $30 million even as the Texans season collapsed under injuries. Altuve was a symbol of hope when hundreds of thousands were still living in shelters, their homes destroyed. That’s what people forget.
2016 and 2015 were pretty stupid though, I agree. It shouldn’t be won more than once