Sports Illustrated media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Sports Illustrated one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Sports Illustrated biased?
The rating organisations do not give Sports Illustrated one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Sports Illustrated left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Sports Illustrated one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Sports Illustrated reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Sports Illustrated are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Sports Illustrated has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Sports Illustrated’s own report linked underneath.
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
Sports Illustrated reported it asJesus de Miguel: Tributes Paid After Tenerife Striker Dies Following In-Game Collision (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
French NBA star Victor Wembanyama has voiced support for teenagers protesting school conditions across France. He cited deep-rooted systemic inequalities and expressed gladness that young people are speaking out.
Sports Illustrated reported it as'These Are Systemic Inequalities' | Why Wembanyama Supports Student Protesters in France (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
Sports Illustrated reported it asCoco Gauff Resists Racism After China Open Controversy (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
Sports Illustrated reported it asCoco Gauff Speaks Out Against Racist Abuse After Controversial Replayed Point at China Open (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Caitlin Clark was bloodied in the mouth during a WNBA playoff game against the Las Vegas Aces. The Indiana Fever lost the game, ending their playoff run, amid complaints about officiating.
Sports Illustrated reported it asIndiana Fever Season Ends at Hands of Las Vegas Aces: Takeaways (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
The Pittsburgh Steelers traded cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys. Later that day, the Steelers lost to the Cleveland Browns 27-24 after a late field goal by Andre Szmyt.
Sports Illustrated reported it asHandful of NFL Teams Competing With Lions For Joey Porter Jr. (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in their Nations League opener at Wembley. Lamine Yamal scored early for Spain, but England led 2-1 before halftime. Harry Kane missed a penalty while England was ahead, and Mikel Oyarzabal scored the winning goal for Spain.
Sports Illustrated reported it asEngland vs. Spain—Nations League: Preview, Predictions and Lineups (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Filip Hrgovic defeated Moses Itauma in the ninth round to win the vacant IBF heavyweight world title. Itauma suffered his first professional loss, with his corner throwing in the towel as Hrgovic dominated.
Sports Illustrated reported it asMoses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic Results: Hrgovic Turns the Tables for Stunning Comeback TKO (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
Sports Illustrated reported it asEnes Kanter Freedom Hits Wall in Absurd WNBA Feud: Full Timeline of Former NBA Player’s Publicity Stunt (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
FIFA confirmed on 17 August 2026 that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour had left the organisation after he criticised President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a stake in FIFA's tournament business. Lamour called the plan 'the project of one person' and said staff had been 'deceived'.
Sports Illustrated reported it asFIFA Fires Senior Officer After His Public Defiance of Gianni Infantino (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Naz Reid, traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Charlotte Hornets, said he was informed of the possibility 48 hours before the trade was reported. He was en route to the Bahamas when the deal was confirmed. Outlets diverged on whether to lead with the timing or the location of his revelation.
Sports Illustrated reported it asThis Hornets Front Office is Among NBA's Best With One 'Complicated' Caveat (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Serbia's football association withdrew support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid, joining European opposition after FIFA's failed $4.2 billion tournament stake sale. The reversal came 70 days after Serbia initially backed Infantino, with the association calling for new leadership to restore trust in global football governance.
Sports Illustrated reported it asBallon d’Or Winning Legend Puts Gianni Infantino on Blast in Withering Rant (opens Sports Illustrated in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Authentic Brands Groupunknowndirect owner
- BlackRockPrivate Equityparent group
- Lion Capital LLPPrivate Equityparent group
- Leonard Green & PartnersPrivate Equityparent group
- General AtlanticPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 11
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
11 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 2 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Sports Illustrated ran the story anyway.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Sports Illustrated’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 23 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Sports Illustrated, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Sports Illustrated publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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