Post #19 History of Sports magazines

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 Hey guys today I will be talking about history of the sports magazines

Sports news was covered in physicals copy such as newspapers starting in 1800s. The first sports magazine was sporting news appearing in March 17, 1886 followed by Sports Illustrated in 1945 which was the first sports magazine with illustration. The main branch from this is the SLAM magazine that focuses on NBA news and interviews of those players. Launching in 1994, these famous players with the Big masthead of SLAM further push and rise up this product making it more established and known around the community. SLAM promotes street-wear clothing and hip hop music to their audience. Founded by publisher Dennis Page and appointed  Cory Johnson to be the first Editor in Chief. 

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