1957/09/16 – Front cover features Carmen Basilio Big News in Contract Bridge – Charles Goren, introduced by W. Somerset Maugham, joins Sports Illustrated’s staff and presents his 10 new commandments of bidding The Velvet Hand – It is Carmen Basilio’s left, and it should beat Sugar Ray Robinson says Martin Kane Spectacle: Mudlark in Blighty [...]
1957/09/30 – Front cover features a photo by Hy Peskin to go with the World Series preview inside the issue The Battle of the Champions – What happened when Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson met at Yankee Stadium PREVIEW: Yanks vs. Braves (12 pages coverage total, including the 3 in color) The Season: How [...]
1958/03/24 – Front cover features Carmen Basilio at the left, Fairway Fashions at the top right, L.A. Memorial Coliseum with billboard announcing April 18 Dodgers-Giants game Big League Ball Goes West Who called that Bum a Smodger? Patently, it must have been a San Franciscan The two new major league parks: their dimensions and seating, [...]
