Sports magazine explained

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:

Major sports magazines (incomplete)! Sports magazine !! Sport/s !! Frequency !! Pussio (Country) !! Notes
11 Freunde monthly Germany
Athletics Weekly weekly United Kingdom originated 1945
Autosport weekly United Kingdom
Baseball America bi-weekly United States
Baseball Digest Baseball 8 times a year United States
Basketball Times monthly United States
Boxing Monthly monthly United Kingdom
Boxing News Boxing weekly United Kingdom
Dime Magazine Basketball 10 times a year United States
ESPN The Magazine bi-weekly United States
FourFourTwo Association football monthly United Kingdom
France Football Association football bi-weekly France
Golf Magazine monthly United States
The Hockey News weekly Canada
Hoop Basketball bi-monthly United States
Kicker Association football bi-weekly Germany
Match Association football weekly United Kingdom
National Masters News 12 times a year United States originated 1977[6] [7]
Sportstar Fortnightly
India
Originated 1978[8]
Pro Football Weekly American Football (NFL) weekly United States
Pro Wrestling Illustrated monthly United States
The Ring monthly United States
Racer 8 times a year United States
Rugby League Review monthly Australia
Runner's World 12 times a year United States
Sidewalk monthly United Kingdom
The Skateboard Mag Skateboarding monthly United States
SLAM Basketball 9 times per year United States
Soccer America Association football monthly United States
Sporting News bi-weekly United States originated March 17, 1886.[9]
Sports Illustrated weekly United States originated 1954 [10]
Sports Weekly weekly United States
Tennis 8 times a year United States
Track & Field News 12 times a year United States
Transworld Skateboarding Skateboarding 14 times a year United States
World Soccer Association football monthly United Kingdom

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

Notes and References

  1. Paper Past. http://www.pastpaper.com/List-Sports.htm// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  2. Misc list of magazines by Past Paper. http://www.pastpaper.com/List-SportsMisc.htm// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  3. Rooting for the story, 2014, Brian Peter Moritz. https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1171&context=etd Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  4. A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. https://collectingoldmagazines.com/magazines/sporting-news/// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  5. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sports-Illustrated// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  6. Masters T&F History. http://mastershistory.org/national-masters-news/// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  7. NMN. https://nationalmastersnews.com/// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  8. News: Sportstar dons a vibrant new look. https://web.archive.org/web/20060219104343/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/26/stories/2006012612520100.htm. dead. 19 February 2006. 25 November 2015. 26 January 2006. The Hindu. Chennai.
  9. A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. https://collectingoldmagazines.com/magazines/sporting-news/// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  10. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sports-Illustrated// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  11. Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/161724717/?terms=Sports%20Magazine&match=1// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  12. Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/164876080/?terms=Sports%20Magazine&match=1// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  13. Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910. https://www.newspapers.com/image/64830146/?terms=Sports%20Magazine&match=1// Retrieved Feb 3, 2021