ESPNMagazine Sports Issues
Covering a large range of sports national and international the ESPNMagazine is the paper support of the ESPN sports television network.
Published twice a week, the ESPNMagazine deals with subjects from Major
League Baseball, NBA, NFL, college basketball and football.
The
first ESPNMagazine issue was released in March, 1988, and ever since,
it held a casual and even humorous approach to sports news. It has definitely
beat competition such as CNN Sports Illustrated or the Sporting News.
Besides sporting news reports ESPNMagazine also takes a look at the
players’ lives and personal evolution as part of its tabloid columns.
The success of such tabloid journalism comes from the audience’s
interest in the career evolution of players who got injured on the field
for instance.
What can the reader expect from the ESPNMagazine? There are open current
sport controversies discussed, best photos of a week’s game, humorous
comments on current sports scenes as well as answers to readers’
questions, and retrospective looks on previously debated topics.