In this debut episode of Deep Dive, Jack McCallum takes a historical look at baseball's Opening Day. From Presidential first pitches--FDR threw out ten of them?--to the immortal performance of the non-immortal Tuffy Rhodes--one of the sports calendar's boldface days is dissected.

DEEP DIVE from the VETERANS COMMITTEE will examine the events that define our sporting culture as well as bring to light some of the stories that, for whatever reason, have lived on. Jack McCallum was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for thirty years and, with the help of several other veteran journalists, will use that experience to furnish some straight-ahead perspective without a lot of noise.

Featuring SI veterans Tom Verducci and Michael Farber.

Deep Dive Episode 1: Opening Day

With the 2018 NBA Finals looming Jack McCallum discusses some of the most memorable Finals series. Esteemed hoops journalists weigh in about the Finals they remember most vividly - not only because of what happened on the court, but because of what was happening in their lives. 

DEEP DIVE from the VETERANS COMMITTEE examines the events that define our sporting culture as well as bring to light some of the stories that, for whatever reason, have lived on. Jack McCallum was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for thirty years and, with the help of several other veteran journalists, will use that experience to furnish some straight-ahead perspective without a lot of noise.

Featuring stories from Alex Wolff, Bruce Jenkins, John Abrams, Shelley Smith, David Dupree and more.

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