(Photo courtesy of Sports Illustrated)
(BATESVILLE, Ind.) -- News came out Friday that the iconic Sports Illustrated magazine may be in jeopardy.
The entire staff was reportedly told that their jobs were being eliminated, after a dispute between the magazine's ownership.
It could spell the end for the 70-year-old publication that was once the gold standard in sports journalism.
Before the days of the internet, some locals may recall eagerly waiting to get the magazine in the mailbox each week.
The issue on March 17, 1997 was one in particular that Batesville residents would cherish.
It was called "The End of the Road" and was written during the final all-schools high school basketball tournament in Indiana, before shifting to the present-day class system.
Batesville's team was spotlighted as one of the final chances for a small school to have another 1954-style Milan Miracle.
The article focused not only on basketball, but also the town of Batesville.
"There's no DQ in downtown Batesville. It's lined with storefronts evoking the German settlers who arrived in the 19th century, attracted to the forests of hardwood that made for sturdy caskets. Not far from Feltz's Restaurant, Schmidt's Bakery, Nolte's Pharmacy, Fullenkamp Sporting Goods and the Pizza Haus is Telles's Barber Shop, where the regulars offer up sports-talk radio unplugged," author Alexander Wolff wrote.
We have a link to that article which you can read here.
The 812's Steven Harmeyer spoke with some members of the 1997 team back in 2020. Watch here:
The Link Is Dead There Was A DQ In Batesville In 1997?