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Sports magazine

Sports magazine

Genre of periodical publication


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

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:

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Former Magazines

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


References

  1. Paper Past. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  2. Misc list of magazines by Past Paper. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  3. Rooting for the story, 2014, Brian Peter Moritz. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  4. A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  5. Britannica. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  6. Masters T&F History. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  7. NMN. 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. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  10. Britannica. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  11. Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1917. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  12. Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 1915. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  13. Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021

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