A sports magazine is usually a weekly, biweekly or monthly,
magazine featuring articles or segments on
sports
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...
. 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.
History
Sports journalism
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of t ...
started covering sporting events in the United States in the 1800s in newspaper and magazine format. The ''
Sporting News'' being the oldest, and was first published March 17, 1886. ''
Sports Illustrated
''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twi ...
'' (SI) originated in 1954, originally lead by
Henry Luce and later
André Laguerre
Marc André Laguerre (February 21, 1915 – January 18, 1979) was a journalist and magazine editor, best known as the managing editor of ''Sports Illustrated'' from 1960 to 1974, during which time he oversaw the growth in the magazine from a nich ...
, 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".
In Print
Sports magazines in print include:
Former Magazines
There are several former sports magazine. Some of these include:
American Field,
Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register,
Outing (magazine), Public Ledger, and The Athletic World (Canada)
[Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, Canada, Dec 17, 1910]
Retrieved Feb 3, 2021
See also
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L'Equipe
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La Gazzetta dello Sport
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Marca
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Diario AS
''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football.
Profile
''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of M ...
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Mundo Deportivo
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Sport
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...
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