Stories from around Sports Illustrated: Is it September yet?
Another week in the books for the Sports Illustrated team and what a week it was.
Everybody is grinding on their off-season stories and there are some must-reads coming out of Sports Illustrated's college sports writers and talking heads.
Let's take a look at some of the best stuff from the week.
National
Ross Dellenger is a Mississippi native and was all over the controversy with the state flag which involved quite a few prominent athletes and coaches in the state. He also wrote a brilliant piece about a profession not a lot are talking about, the sports broadcasters, and how they are dealing with the pandemic.
- Dellenger: 'There’s a Lot of Pain and Uncertainty': The Gloomy Impact of the Pandemic on Sports Broadcasting
- Dellenger: Mississippi's Flag, the NCAA and the Battle for Change in Jackson
The SI All-American crew including John Garcia Jr., Brooks Austin and Zach Goodall are heading to Nashville this week to cover the Elite 11 finals. Goodall wrote a great preview of the signal covers competing in the historic event.
Something a little more relevant for the Colorado readers. Any sports fan that has lived in Colorado for an extended period of time, knows about the antics of Woody Paige. He told one of his best stories about Jaguars fans that still won't stop bothering him about a column he wrote over 20 years ago.
A few schools were surprisingly COVID-free when they released their test results including Maryland.
