Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media company Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, with over 18 million of them are men, 19% of the adult males in the United States.
Managing Editor | Paul Fichtenbaum |
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Categories | Sports magazine |
Frequency | Weekly |
Circulation | 3,000,000 per week (within the U.S.) |
First issue | August 16 1954 |
Company | Time Inc. (Time Warner) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website | sportsillustrated.cnn.com |
ISSN | 0038-822X |
Cover history
Most covers by athlete, 1954-2003
Athlete | Number of Covers |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Presidents who have been featured on the cover
President | SI Cover Date | Special Notes |
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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 |
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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. |
Sports Illustrated Media
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Century Muhammad Ali
Other websites
- SI.com Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- SI Vault Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine: All the editions since 1954
- Page of the magazine at SI.com Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Sports Illustrated for Kids