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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

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

References

  1. ^ Paper Past. [1] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  2. ^ Misc list of magazines by Past Paper. [2] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  3. ^ Rooting for the story, 2014, Brian Peter Moritz. [3] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  4. ^ A History of the Sporting News the oldest sports publication in the US. [4] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  5. ^ Britannica. [5] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  6. ^ Masters T&F History. [6] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  7. ^ NMN. [7] 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. [8] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  10. ^ Britannica. [9] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  11. ^ Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1917. [10] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  12. ^ Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 1915. [11] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
  13. ^ Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910. [12] Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
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