Sports magazine
Introduction 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.
History Sports journalism 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'' (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".
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  ''Athletics Weekly''  Sport of athletics  weekly   United Kingdom  originated 1945 ''Autosport''  Motorsport  weekly   United Kingdom  ''Baseball America''  Baseball  bi-weekly   United States  ''Baseball Digest''  Baseball  8 times a year  United States  ''Basketball Times''  Basketball  monthly  United States  ''Boxing Monthly''  Boxing  monthly  United Kingdom  ''Boxing News''  Boxing  weekly  United Kingdom  ''Dime Magazine''  Basketball  10 times a year  United States  ''ESPN The Magazine''  General sports  bi-weekly   United States  ''FourFourTwo''  Association football  monthly  United Kingdom  ''France Football''  Association football  bi-weekly  France  ''Golf Magazine''  Golf  monthly  United States  ''The Hockey News''  Ice hockey  weekly  Canada  ''Hoop''  Basketball  bi-monthly   United States  ''Kicker''  Association football  bi-weekly   Germany  ''Match''  Association football  weekly   United Kingdom  ''National Masters News''  Sport of athletics  12 times a year   United States  originated 1977 ''Sportstar''  General sports  Fortnightly  India  Originated 1978 ''Pro Football Weekly''  American Football (NFL)  weekly   United States  ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''  Professional wrestling  monthly   United States  ''The Ring''  Boxing  monthly  United States  ''Racer''  Motorsport  8 times a year   United States  ''Rugby League Review''  Rugby league  monthly   Australia  ''Runner's World''  Sport of athletics  12 times a year   United States  ''Sidewalk''  Skateboarding  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''  General sports  bi-weekly   United States  originated March 17, 1886. ''Sports Illustrated''  General sports  weekly   United States  originated 1954  ''Sports Weekly''  Baseball / NFL / NASCAR  weekly   United States  ''Tennis''  Tennis  8 times a year   United States  ''Track & Field News''  Sport of athletics  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, Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register,  Outing (magazine),  Public Ledger, and The Athletic World (Canada)
See also * L'Equipe* * Marca* Diario AS* Mundo Deportivo* Sport*  How Big is a Pool Table in 2022*   Paper Past:  List of sports magazines*  Top 25 List of Magazines in 2020
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