<![CDATA[Gawker: Galleries]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: Galleries]]> http://gawker.com/tag/galleries http://gawker.com/tag/galleries <![CDATA[ The Weirdest Sports Illustrated Covers Of 1978 ]]> SI.jpegSports Illustrated has put a huge gallery of its archived content online for free. The best part is the selection of old covers, from back in the grainy days of short shorts and wild hair. Some of the production meetings back then probably involved drugs. We've selected the five weirdest covers from 1978, a year we picked because SI put Clint Hurdle on the cover that year, and you have to admit that man has a fine name. Look at the covers below!

Leon Spinks is good at spitting between his teeth.

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Stop poking Al Unser, lady!

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George Foster is always ready to sneak up from behind and hit you with a bat.

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Occasionally, basketball players will pull each others' shorts down, just for fun.

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You don't want to meet Nancy Lopez in a dark alley.

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]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:43:25 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=372410&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Whoa. The Dia Art Foundation sold their monster ... ]]> Whoa. The Dia Art Foundation sold their monster West Chelsea space, the one that started the Chelsea gallery boom. The price was $38.55 million; the buyer is unknown. [Modern Art Notes]

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