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]

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History

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

Sports magazines in print include:

Major sports magazines (incomplete)
Sports magazineSport/sFrequencyPussio (Country)Notes
11 Freunde Association football monthly Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Athletics Weekly Sport of athletics weekly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdomoriginated 1945
Autosport Motorsport weekly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Baseball America Baseball bi-weekly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Baseball Digest Baseball8 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Basketball Times Basketball monthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Boxing Monthly Boxing monthly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Boxing News Boxingweekly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Dime Magazine Basketball10 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
ESPN The Magazine General sports bi-weekly Flag of the United States.svg United States
FourFourTwo Association footballmonthly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
France Football Association footballbi-weekly Flag of France.svg France
Golf Magazine Golf monthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
The Hockey News Ice hockey weekly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Hoop Basketballbi-monthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Kicker Association footballbi-weekly Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Match Association footballweekly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
National Masters News Sport of athletics 12 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United Statesoriginated 1977 [6] [7]
Sportstar General sports Fortnightly Flag of India.svg
India		Originated 1978 [8]
Pro Football Weekly American Football (NFL)weekly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Professional wrestling monthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
The Ring Boxing monthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Racer Motorsport 8 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Rugby League Review Rugby league monthly Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Runner's World Sport of athletics 12 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Sidewalk Skateboarding monthly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
The Skateboard Mag Skateboardingmonthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
SLAM Basketball9 times per year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Soccer America Association footballmonthly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Sporting News General sports bi-weekly Flag of the United States.svg United Statesoriginated March 17, 1886. [9]
Sports Illustrated General sports weekly Flag of the United States.svg United Statesoriginated 1954 [10]
Sports Weekly Baseball / NFL / NASCAR weekly Flag of the United States.svg United States
Tennis Tennis 8 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Track & Field News Sport of athletics 12 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
Transworld Skateboarding Skateboarding14 times a year Flag of the United States.svg United States
World Soccer Association footballmonthly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Former Magazines

There are several former sports magazine. Some of these include:

Major sports magazines (incomplete)
Sports magazineSport/sFrequencyCountryPeriod
American Field [11] Canine Shows & Breedingmonthly Flag of the United States.svg United States1874-2021
Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register Sportsmonthly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom1886-1929
Outing (magazine), Public Ledger, [12] Sportsmonthly Flag of the United States.svg United States1882-1923
The Athletic World (Canada) [13] Athletics ? Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada ?

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paper Past. Archived 2021-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  2. ↑ Misc list of magazines by Past Paper. Archived 2021-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  3. ↑ Rooting for the story, 2014, Brian Peter Moritz. Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  4. ↑ A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  5. ↑ Britannica. Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  6. ↑ Masters T&F History. Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  7. ↑ NMN. Archived 2021-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  8. ↑ "Sportstar dons a vibrant new look". The Hindu . Chennai. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  9. ↑ A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  10. ↑ Britannica. Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  11. ↑ Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1917. Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  12. ↑ Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 1915. Archived 2024-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  13. ↑ Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910. Archived 2021-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
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