Every Monday The Daily sports section publishes a special insert, “SportsMonday,” highlighting the events from over the weekend, with one event being featured on the front cover. For Daily photographers the front page of Sports Monday is coveted and, at least for me, its one of the motivating factors that push me to get more creative while I’m shooting and to make sure I’m getting images that really tell the story of the game. In this post I’ve compiled most of my covers from over the years, some shared and some solo, some single photo covers and some collages, and some Sports Wednesdays or Sports Tuesdays from when class schedules impacted the Daily’s normal printing days. My favorite part of Sports Monday is seeing the image(s) shine in print and come together with the writer to tell a complete story of the game. The creation process has always been fun as well, watching the sports section toss around headline ideas and the designer play with different layouts, colors, and fonts. Seeing the final product and the culmination of a weekend’s worth of work across sections is not only gratifying, but also unifying.
