Penn State football has been featured on nearly 20 Sports Illustrated covers through the decades.
Making the magazine cover became an iconic achievement − whether viewed through a lens of ultimate excellence or, by some, as a jinx.
No matter, people have paid attention for nearly 70 years to a long standard-bearer of sports journalism and photography.
But will it continue on?
The magazine is expected to undergo a massive staff layoff after a licensing deal fell through, SI’s publisher said on Friday. “There still is a website and a magazine,” senior SI writer Pat Forde said on social media. “That said: Ugly, brutal day ….”
A fitting time to remember Penn State’s place on those covers through the years.
Here’s our five most memorable:
5. Penn State football and LaVar Arrington, 1999
All-American linebacker LaVar Arrington graced the cover of SI’s college football preview issue in 1999.
What else could LaVar Arrington possibly do for Penn State?
He had already earned All-America honors and had produced one of the most memorable plays of the previous season, “The LaVar Leap.”
SI played upon Arrington’s dominating, larger-than-life image in its college football preview issue leading into the 1999 season.
4. Penn State, a year after the Jerry Sandusky scandal, 2012
Penn State earned SI’s cover in November of 2012 – one year after the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke and Joe Paterno was fired.
Penn State made this November, 2012 cover for an examination of the university and football program a year after the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
Football certainly did not fall apart, as many expected, or lessen its grip on its following in the aftermath of the scandal, Joe Paterno’s firing and death and NCAA sanctions.
How was the program, and the university, forever changed?
3. Joe Paterno, sportsman of the year, 1986
Joe Paterno earned the rare honor…
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Author : York Daily Record
Publish date : 2024-01-20 01:19:56
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