AUGUST 16, 1954 (PREMIER ISSUE)/AUG.8, 1955
MAY 28, 1973/AUG.23, 1971
DEC.9, 1968 / AUG.9,1965
I discovered the SI VAULT a few months ago, where the cover of every Sports Illustrated issue ever published is on display. Sports Illustrated was first published in 1959 and founded by Time magazine patriarch Henry Luce. Prior to that there was no general sports magazine with a national following. At the time, many believed sports were not worthy of serious journalism, much less a magazine of their own. Read More
