Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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10 Facts About Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated published the magazine from 1936 to 1938 on a monthly basis.
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Sports Illustrated then sold the name to Dell Publications, which released Sports Illustrated in 1949 and this version lasted six issues before closing.
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Sports Illustrated was named managing editor in 1960, and he more than doubled the circulation by instituting a system of departmental editors, redesigning the internal format, and inaugurating the unprecedented use in a news magazine of full-color photographic coverage of the week's sports events.
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Sports Illustrated was one of the first to sense the rise of national interest in professional football.
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Later that month, Sports Illustrated announced its hiring of veteran college sports writer Pat Forde.
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From its start, Sports Illustrated introduced a number of innovations that are generally taken for granted today:.
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Sports Illustrated has helped launched a number of related publishing ventures, including:.
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