SOCL 227: Sports in Society (BMC): Newspapers & Magazines

Provides a timeline and full text or snippets of thousands of historical newspapers and other documents. Do an Advanced Search and specify dates or choose Date Added=Archives.

The popular magazine with an emphasis on photo journalism. We have print and electronic access back to 1883.

The feminist news magazine founded by Gloria Steinem. We have electronic access from 1988 and print holdings from v. 1, 1972. This may be a useful source for biopics and issues-coverage over female and feminist athletes.

Newsweek is a news magazine that provides in-depth analysis, news and opinion about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics. See the top-level Sports section.

Sports Illustrated, the popular sports magazine. We have electronic access from 2010-present.

The Sporting News was established by St. Louis sportswriter Alfred Spink on March 17, 1886, as a general sports and theatrical publication with an emphasis on professional baseball. By 1910, TSN was a nationally circulated publication concentrating exclusively on baseball. In 1942, The Sporting News introduced coverage of football, basketball, and hockey in season. Since the 1960s, TSN has been an all- sports publication having expanded to cover golf, tennis, horse racing, auto racing, boxing, the Olympics, and other sports year round. Our subscription covers 1989-present.