Sports Illustrated
| Managing Editor | Paul Fichtenbaum |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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; 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.[1][2] The CEO of the magazine was fired soon after the report. [3]
Cover history
[change | change source]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
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. |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers". Futurism. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ↑ Campbell, Morgan (December 7, 2023). "Why Sports Illustrated's 'Drew Ortiz' is less about bad writing and more about a bad omen". CBC.CA. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- ↑ Reilly, Liam (2023-12-11). "Sports Illustrated publisher fires CEO after AI debacle | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
Other websites
[change | change source]- 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
