Sports Illustrated

***Sports Illustrated*** is the largest weekly American sports magazine. Media company Time Warner owns it. The magazine has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week; over 18 million of them are men, 19% of the adult males in the United States.

In late 2023, _The Futurist_ reported that the magazine had published articles that were written by artificial intelligence.  _Sports Illustrated_ had not written that the articles were not written by people. The CEO of the magazine was fired soon after the report.

## Cover history

**Most covers by athlete, 1954-2003**

|Athlete|Number of Covers|
| --- | --- |
|Michael Jordan|49|
|Muhammad Ali|37|
|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar|29|
|Magic Johnson|22|
|Jack Nicklaus|22|

**Most covers by team, 1954-May 2008**

|Team|Number of Covers|
| --- | --- |
|New York Yankees|66|
|Los Angeles Lakers|64|
|Dallas Cowboys|46|
|Boston Red Sox|44|
|Chicago Bulls|44|
|Boston Celtics|39|
|Los Angeles Dodgers|38|
|Cincinnati Reds|38|
|San Francisco 49ers|34|
|Notre Dame Football|33|

**Most covers by sport, 1954-2003**

|Sport|Number of Covers|
| --- | --- |
|Pro Football|519|
|Baseball|510|
|Pro Basketball|302|
|College Basketball|200|
|Golf|155|
|College Football|153|
|Boxing|134|
|Track and Field|99|
|Hockey|83|
|Tennis|78|

**Celebrities on the cover, 1954-2003**

|Celebrity|Year|Special Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Ed Sullivan|1959|On cover as golfer|
|Bob Hope|1963|Owner of Cleveland Indians|
|Shirley MacLaine|1964|Wearing a football uniform|
|Steve McQueen|1971|Riding a motorcycle|
|Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson|1977|Promoting the film Semi-Tough|
|Big Bird|1977|On the cover with Mark Fidrych|
|Arnold Schwarzenegger|1987|Caption on cover was Hot Stuff|
|Ice Cube|1999|On cover with Shaquille O'Neal|
|Chris Rock|2000|Wearing Los Angeles Dodgers hat|

**Fathers and sons who have been featured on the cover**

|Father|Son|
| --- | --- |
|Archie Manning|Peyton & Eli Manning|
|Calvin Hill|Grant Hill|
|Bobby Hull|Brett Hull|
|Bill Walton|Luke Walton|
|Jack Nicklaus|Gary Nicklaus|
|Phil Simms|Chris Simms|
|Dale Earnhardt|Dale Earnhardt, Jr.|
|Cal Ripken, Sr.|Cal Ripken, Jr. & Billy Ripken|

**Presidents who have been featured on the cover**

|President|SI Cover Date|Special Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|John F. Kennedy|December 26, 1960|First Lady Jackie Kennedy also on cover and Kennedy was President-Elect at the time of the cover.|
|Gerald Ford|July 8, 1974|Cover came one month before President Richard Nixon announced he would resign from the Presidency.|
|Ronald Reagan|November 26, 1984|On cover with Georgetown Hoyas basketball coach John Thompson and Patrick Ewing|
|Ronald Reagan|February 16, 1987|On cover with America's Cup champion Dennis Conner|
|Bill Clinton|March 21, 1994|On cover about the Arkansas college basketball team|

**Tribute covers (In Memoriam)**

|Athlete|SI Cover Date|Special Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Len Bias|June 30, 1986|Died of a cocaine overdose just after being drafted by the Boston Celtics|
|Arthur Ashe|February 15, 1993|Tennis great and former US Open champion who died from AIDS|
|Reggie Lewis|August 9, 1993|Celtics player who died due to a heart defect|
|Mickey Mantle|August 21, 1995|Died after years of battling alcoholism|
|Walter Payton|November 8, 1999|Died from rare liver disorder|
|Dale Earnhardt|February 26, 2001|Died in a crash on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500|
|Ted Williams|July 15, 2002|Boston Red Sox who died of cardiac arrest|
|Johnny Unitas|October 23, 2002|Baltimore Colts great who died from heart attack|
|Brittanie Cecil|April 1, 2002|Fan killed as the result of being struck with a puck to the head while in the crowd at a Columbus Blue Jackets game|
|Pat Tillman|May 3, 2004|Arizona Cardinals player who was killed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.|

## Other websites

- SI.com
- SI Vault : All the editions since 1954
- Page of the magazine at SI.com
- Sports Illustrated for Kids

## Infobox (magazine)

- **title**: Sports Illustrated
- **logo**: SportsIllustrated.svg
- **logo size**: 200px
- **editor**: Paul Fichtenbaum
- **editor title**: Managing Editor
- **frequency**: Weekly
- **circulation**: 3,000,000 per week (within the U.S.)
- **category**: Sports magazine
- **company**: Time Inc. (Time Warner)
- **firstdate**: August 16 1954
- **language**: English language, English
- **website**: [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
- **issn**: 0038-822X