Sports magazine
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A sports magazine is usually a weekly, biweekly or monthly, magazine featuring articles or segments on sports. Some may be published a specific number of times per year. A wide range of sports are covered by these magazines which include general, auto racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, body building, bowling, boxing, football, football "soccer", golf, gymnastics, karate, lacrosse, polo, skating, skiing, swimming, surfing, tennis, and wrestling.[1][2]
History
[edit]Sports journalism started covering sporting events in the United States in the 1800s in newspaper and magazine format.[3] The Sporting News being the oldest, and was first published March 17, 1886.[4] Sports Illustrated (SI) originated in 1954, originally led by Henry Luce and later André Laguerre, is one of the leading sports magazines in the United States. SI allowed "people to read more about what they had seen on television or read about in the newspaper".[5]
In Print
[edit]Sports magazines in print include:
Sports magazine | Sport/s | Frequency | Pussio (Country) | Notes |
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11 Freunde | Association football | monthly | ![]() | |
Athletics Weekly | Sport of athletics | weekly | ![]() | originated 1945 |
Autosport | Motorsport | weekly | ![]() | |
Baseball America | Baseball | bi-weekly | ![]() | |
Baseball Digest | Baseball | 8 times a year | ![]() | |
Basketball Times | Basketball | monthly | ![]() | |
Boxing Monthly | Boxing | monthly | ![]() | |
Boxing News | Boxing | weekly | ![]() | |
Dime Magazine | Basketball | 10 times a year | ![]() | |
ESPN The Magazine | General sports | bi-weekly | ![]() | |
FourFourTwo | Association football | monthly | ![]() | |
France Football | Association football | bi-weekly | ![]() | |
Golf Magazine | Golf | monthly | ![]() | |
The Hockey News | Ice hockey | weekly | ![]() | |
Hoop | Basketball | bi-monthly | ![]() | |
Kicker | Association football | bi-weekly | ![]() | |
Match | Association football | weekly | ![]() | |
National Masters News | Sport of athletics | 12 times a year | ![]() | originated 1977[6][7] |
Sportstar | General sports | Fortnightly | ![]() India | Originated 1978[8] |
Pro Football Weekly | American Football (NFL) | weekly | ![]() | |
Pro Wrestling Illustrated | Professional wrestling | monthly | ![]() | |
The Ring | Boxing | monthly | ![]() | |
Racer | Motorsport | 8 times a year | ![]() | |
Rugby League Review | Rugby league | monthly | ![]() | |
Runner's World | Sport of athletics | 12 times a year | ![]() | |
Sidewalk | Skateboarding | monthly | ![]() | |
The Skateboard Mag | Skateboarding | monthly | ![]() | |
SLAM | Basketball | 9 times per year | ![]() | |
Soccer America | Association football | monthly | ![]() | |
Sporting News | General sports | bi-weekly | ![]() | originated March 17, 1886.[9] |
Sports Illustrated | General sports | weekly | ![]() | originated 1954 [10] |
Sports Weekly | Baseball / NFL / NASCAR | weekly | ![]() | |
Tennis | Tennis | 8 times a year | ![]() | |
Track & Field News | Sport of athletics | 12 times a year | ![]() | |
Transworld Skateboarding | Skateboarding | 14 times a year | ![]() | |
World Soccer | Association football | monthly | ![]() |
Former Magazines
[edit]There are several former sports magazine. Some of these include:
American Field,[11] Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, Outing (magazine), Public Ledger,[12] and The Athletic World (Canada) [13]
See also
[edit]- L'Equipe
- La Gazzetta dello Sport
- Marca
- Diario AS
- Mundo Deportivo
- Sport
- How Big is a Pool Table in 2022
- Paper Past: List of sports magazines
- Top 25 List of Magazines in 2020
References
[edit]- ^ Paper Past. [1] Archived 2021-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Misc list of magazines by Past Paper. [2] Archived 2021-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Rooting for the story, 2014, Brian Peter Moritz. [3] Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. [4] Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Britannica. [5] Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Masters T&F History. [6] Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ NMN. [7] Archived 2021-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ "Sportstar dons a vibrant new look". The Hindu. Chennai. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. [8] Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Britannica. [9] Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1917. [10] Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 1915. [11] Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
- ^ Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910. [12] Archived 2021-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021