# Sports magazine

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:
Major sports magazines (incomplete) :
| Sports magazine | Sport/s | Frequency | Country | Period |
| American Field | Canine Shows & Breeding | monthly | United States | 1874-2021 |
| Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register | Sports | monthly | United Kingdom | 1886-1929 |
| Outing (magazine), Public Ledger, | Sports | monthly | United States | 1882-1923 |
| The Athletic World (Canada) | Athletics | ? | Canada | ? |