Sure, you may have seen the game on TV, or heard it on the radio (remember radio?), or read about it in your local newspaper.
But if you were a real sports fan, you also wanted to know what Sports Illustrated had to say about the game — did your team make the cover, or did they get a big spread inside? Or maybe, in the days of the “SI jinx,” you were hoping your team DIDN’T make the cover.