Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Paulina Porizkova is pictured in side-by-side photos from her Instagram post wearing the same jeans, 20 pounds heavier.
MODEL BEHAVIOR

Supermodel Opens Up About Her 20-Pound Weight Gain

“Thank you for being real.”

Cailey Petsch

Tiffany Haddish on the 2026 cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue.
RUNNING START

Comedian, 46, Stars on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

“I can be a swimsuit model and be over 30.”

Cailey Petsch

Anna Paulina Luna's staffers are fleeing.
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'WALKING ON EGGSHELLS'

Staff Flee House’s ‘Nightmare’ MAGA Assassinations Hunter

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who’s probing the deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK Jr., Jeffrey Epstein, as well as UFOs and other mysteries, is suffering a bloodletting of her own.

Juliegrace Brufke

An Oct. 16, 1972, Sports Illustrated cover featuring Wilt Chamberlain.
WELCOME BACK

Sports Illustrated Gets Second Life With New Publisher Deal

The owner of Sports Illustrated struck an agreement with a new media company to publish the venerable sports magazine over the next 10 years.

Justin Baragona

Brittany Mahomes smiles outside the ESPY Awards.
STOCK RISING

Brittany Mahomes Reveals She’s a Rookie S.I. Swimsuit Model

She’ll be featured in the magazine’s 60th anniversary edition, which is slated to be released in May.

Josh Fiallo

Martha Stewart attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills.
SEXY

Martha Stewart Unveiled as ‘Sports Illustrated’ Cover Star

“To be on the cover [at] my age was a challenge, and I think I met the challenge,” Stewart said.

Helen Holmes

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SO LONG BYE BYE

‘Anti-Snowflake’ Jordan Peterson Quits Twitter Over Insults

The self-styled “public intellectual” apparently can’t handle the consequences of sh*tposting about a swimsuit model’s physical appearance online.

Andrew Kirell

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CUSTODY BATTLE

The Civil War Tearing Sports Illustrated Apart

Staffers at the iconic sports mag feel caught in the middle of a war between the brand’s owner and its publisher—leaving them increasingly demoralized and dispirited.

Maxwell Tani

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DUKE IT OUT

Sports Illustrated Owner Goes to War With Publisher

They only took over the iconic sports brand last year, but The Maven may lose control over their prized acquisition.

Maxwell Tani

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WHO? US?

Sports Illustrated Bosses Can’t Figure Out Blame for Layoffs

Leaked audio of the layoffs announcement shows a magazine executive squarely blaming SI’s new management for the firings. But new management wants none of it.

Maxwell Tani

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ROOTING FOR YOU

Tyra Banks Returns to Modeling With Sports Illustrated Cover

Banks, 45, became the first black woman to appear alone on the cover of “Sports Illustrated” in 1997.

Audrey McNamara

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