Gerald Salamone

As OLD SCHOOL as they come Make me an offer I can’t refuse

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@GratefulDead I was there
And often overlooked was Brent
He was amazing on Blow Away

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@Pixie1z Funny Games
But maybe one more viewing

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@GratefulDead “Believe it if you need it
If you don’t , just pass it on”

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@RockNRoLL_85 May 23,1988
Opens for Robert Plant 🎸✌🏽

[Jon Finkel����💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Sports Illustrated is dead. Again. BUT, you always online kids don't know. Hell, nobody under 35 knows...

But dads & 80s/90s sports fans KNOW...

There was nothing like rolling home from school on a Wednesday or Thursday and grabbing that sweet, fresh issue of Sports Illustrated out of the mailbox...

Yeah, the physical mailbox. Tangible. In print & glorious.

Who was on the cover?

What was Rick Reilly's column about?

Did Gary Smith write something? What's Ralph Wiley covering? Did Steve Rushin write from Greenland? What about Jackie Mac? Or Gammons? Or Pearlman?

Do we know any of the Faces in the Crowd?

I'm telling you... every SI mail day was an event.

Titans wrote for the magazine.

Legends were on the cover.

New voices wrote new stories.

If your favorite team or player had a feature it felt like you won something.

You'd read the whole thing, always back to front, because of Reilly.

You looked forward to the preseason rankings... to finding out who'd be on the cover after a championship or major... to the march madness breakdown...

...and getting the swimsuit issue in the middle of a cold, barren new england winter was a mini-holiday for young dudes.

We had the commemorative issues, the goofy sweatshirt giveaways, the SI phone...

We had it all.

It mattered. The writing, the photos, the covers, the feel of it...

It spoke to millions of us. It meant something.

It was a weekly shared conversation for a generation of us.

You could walk into any group of dudes in school, at the basketball court, at the mall, wherever... and just say, "you see SI this week?"... and you'd have a 30 minute conversation.

And now it's gone. Again.

How many times has it "died" now? Five? Six?

Once was too many.

The magazine deserved better.

RIP again, SI.

If you're nodding your head reading this, and you once read every Reilly column for a decade, then share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

And subscribe to my Books & Biceps newsletter for updates on my Macho Man Randy Savage biography that you're gonna love.

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@JimMcMahon

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@TheBandOfficial Van The Man!

[Quirky Research @QuirkyResearch]

On this date in 1991, the Saints and 49ers continued to play while the Superdome burned above their heads.

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@ATRightMovies “I Love Brian Piccolo”

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

October 21, 1979

MIRACLE AT....ARROWHEAD?

Not nearly as well-known and obviously under very different circumstances than the Joe Pisarcik-Herman Edwards fumble 11 months earlier, a similar play occurred in the #Giants favor the following season in KC.

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@oldhockeycards

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@GratefulDead Believe it if you need it
If you don’t just pass it on

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@1974Baseball In Philly 2 words
Black Friday

[WMAR-2 News @WMAR2News]

Between the Orioles game, and the Billy Joel concert, there will be plenty of visitors in Baltimore this weekend. Customers who booked rooms at one hotel were shocked to learn the hotel is currently closed.

https://t.co/LQbuzVRVTg

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

#jimmybuffet LEGEND
Chillin’ in PA

[JimiRocks @Jimi_Stella]

Hey @USPS you've given rock & roll icons like John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Janis Joplin & Johnny Cash commemorative stamps, why not Jerry Garcia?
If you agree, please retweet so we can get this done.
Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia
#DeadHeadLife

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

The sky at the Yankees-Orioles game in Baltimore 😮

(📸: @MelanieLynneN)

[TMNT @TMNTMovie]

We found the Zombie Kid a.k.a Jonathan! He still has an awesome face paint job and is here with the first review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: #MutantMayhem! Get tickets now and see #TMNTMovie in theatres Wednesday.

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@Dalbodog Words can’t describe how much I soo agree with this , I held my boy as tight as possibly could those final moments.

[Gerald Salamone @Gerry6T7]

@ThatEricAlper