ABOUT SPORT
At its launch in 1946, SPORT magazine was America's first significant general interest sports magazine. By the time of its closing 54 years later, SPORT was an American institution.
The magazine that connects generations of sports fans
Not only did SPORT focus on the superstars of the post-war era, but it paid homage to the great athletes of the first half of the 20th Century. A regular feature called The SPORT Hall of Fame profiled in lengthy detail the lives and careers of 70 superstar athletes, from baseball superstars Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Walter Johnson to Jack Dempsey, Ben Hogan, Red Grange, George Mikan, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Johnny Longden and Joe Louis, to name a few.
SPORT published 647 issues comprising approximately 10,000 articles and 40 million words between September 1946 and August 2000. The SPORT photo library holds more than 150,000 images.
Together, those words and pictures represent one of the world's most significant historical records of 20th century sports, and today form the basis of The SPORT Collection. The SPORT photo library holds more than 150,000 images. Together, those words and pictures represent one of the world's most significant historical records of 20th century sports, and today form the basis of The SPORT Collection.
Meet the Team
MARC APPLEMAN, President
Marc Appleman is a former CEO of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and Senior Coordinating Editor at ESPN New Media (launched SportsNation), headed up the first digital platform for Fox Sports and the AOL Sports Channel (#1 digital sports destination at the time), and was an executive, producer and writer at Sports Illustrated for Kids, Active and the Los Angeles Times.
WAYNE PARISH, Chair
Wayne Parrish is a long-time media and sports executive, with deep experience in and a passion for developing digital media products across a range of platforms. Having begun his career as an award-winning journalist, he has held senior leadership roles at three large Canadian media companies, including chief operating officer of the largest, served as chief executive officer of several digital media, publishing and technology companies, as well as President & CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors of Canada Basketball, the governing body of the sport in Canada.