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'''''USA Today Sports Weekly''''' is an American [[sport]]s [[newsmagazine]] that is owned by the [[Gannett|Gannett Company]]. A spin-off publication to Gannett's flagship newspaper ''[[USA Today]]'', it focuses on coverage of baseball news from [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), [[Minor League Baseball]] and the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) from spring to early fall, as well as [[American football|football]] coverage from the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during the fall and winter months. The magazine also features statistics for each covered league and interviews with players and staff members.
'''''USA Today Sports''''' is an American [[sport]]s website owned by the [[Gannett|Gannett Company]]. It is a vertical of Gannett's flagship newspaper [[USA Today]]. It is the publisher of '''''USA Today Sports Weekly''''', an American [[sport]]s [[newsmagazine]] published weekly. The website and magazine largely feature coverage of baseball news from [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), [[Minor League Baseball]] and the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) from spring to early fall, as well as [[American football|football]] coverage from the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during the fall and winter months. The magazine also features statistics for each covered league and interviews with players and staff members.


Sharing production facilities with its parent publication at Gannett's corporate headquarters in [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], [[Virginia]], ''Sports Weekly'' is printed on [[newsprint]] and distributed throughout the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. The magazine is regularly published on Wednesdays, though special editions that preview major events (such as the [[World Series]] and the [[Super Bowl]]) or cover [[fantasy sports]] are released several times per year, typically on newsprint of better quality than that used in the weekly editions.
Sharing production facilities with its parent publication at Gannett's corporate headquarters in [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], [[Virginia]], ''Sports Weekly'' is printed on [[newsprint]] and distributed throughout the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. The magazine is regularly published on Wednesdays, though special editions that preview major events (such as the [[World Series]] and the [[Super Bowl]]) or cover [[fantasy sports]] are released several times per year, typically on newsprint of better quality than that used in the weekly editions.


==Magazine history==
==Background==
[[File:USA Today Sports Weekly.png|alt=USA Today Sports Weekly logo|thumb|''USA Today Sports Weekly'' logo]]
The magazine was first published by the Gannett Company as ''USA Today Baseball Weekly'', formatted as a [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]-sized publication focusing exclusively on baseball coverage that launched on April 5, 1991,<ref name="usatoday-timeline">{{cite web|title=About USA TODAY: Timeline|url=http://static.usatoday.com/about/timeline/|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|accessdate=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
The magazine was first published by Gannett as '''''USA Today Baseball Weekly''''', formatted as a [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]-sized publication focusing exclusively on baseball coverage that launched on April 5, 1991,<ref name="usatoday-timeline">{{cite web|title=About USA TODAY: Timeline|url=http://static.usatoday.com/about/timeline/|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Potts|title=Another Pitch for Baseball Fans; USA Today Plans Weekly Publication to Start on April 5|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1046769.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225045124/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1046769.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=[[Graham Holdings Company|The Washington Post Company]]|date=January 29, 1991|accessdate=February 13, 2018|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref> in concert with the first week of regular season play for that year's [[1991 Major League Baseball season|Major League Baseball season]]. For its first ten years of publication, it was released on a weekly basis during the baseball season and bi-weekly during the off-season.
<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Potts|title=Another Pitch for Baseball Fans; USA Today Plans Weekly Publication to Start on April 5|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1046769.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225045124/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1046769.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 29, 1991|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/29/business/usa-today-plans-a-weekly-newspaper-about-baseball.html|title=USA Today Plans a Weekly Newspaper About Baseball|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 29, 1991|access-date=March 6, 2024}}</ref> in concert with the first week of regular season play for that year's [[1991 Major League Baseball season|Major League Baseball season]]. For its first ten years of publication, it was released on a weekly basis during the baseball season and bi-weekly during the off-season.


The publication was renamed ''USA Today Sports Weekly'' on September 4, 2002, preceding the official start of the [[2002 National Football League season]], when it began to incorporate stories and statistics about the NFL.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/> The editorial operations of ''Sports Weekly'' originally operated autonomously from those managed by the sports department of ''USA Today'', before being integrated with its parent newspaper's sports unit in late 2005.
The publication was renamed ''USA Today Sports Weekly'' on September 4, 2002, preceding the official start of the [[2002 NFL season]], when it began to incorporate stories and statistics about the NFL.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/> The editorial operations of ''Sports Weekly'' originally operated autonomously from those managed by the sports department of ''USA Today'', before being integrated with its parent newspaper's sports unit in late 2005.


''Sports Weekly'' added coverage and interviews from the [[NASCAR]] circuit beginning with the February 15, 2006 issue.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/> However this lasted only for the [[auto racing]] organization's 2006 racing season, with Gannett announcing it was dropping weekly coverage of NASCAR from ''Sports Weekly'' after one season after the November 22, 2006 issue of the publication; although it would continue to issue three special editions dedicated to NASCAR on an annual basis. For the 2007 professional and collegiate baseball season, ''USA Today Sports Weekly'' announced that it would incorporate more comprehensive baseball coverage, along with the return of college baseball features; beginning with the August 8 issue that year, the magazine also added weekly coverage of the NCAA college football season.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/>
''Sports Weekly'' added coverage and interviews from the [[NASCAR]] circuit beginning with the February 15, 2006 issue.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/> However this lasted only for the [[auto racing]] organization's 2006 racing season, with Gannett announcing it was dropping weekly coverage of NASCAR from ''Sports Weekly'' after one season after the November 22, 2006 issue of the publication; although it would continue to issue three special editions dedicated to NASCAR on an annual basis. For the 2007 professional and collegiate baseball season, ''USA Today Sports Weekly'' announced that it would incorporate more comprehensive baseball coverage, along with the return of college baseball features; beginning with the August 8 issue that year, the magazine also added weekly coverage of the NCAA college football season.<ref name="usatoday-timeline"/>

== For The Win ==
USA Today Sports launched For The Win (FTW), a platform hosting user-generated viral sports content blending original and aggregated material with eye-catching headlines in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McBride |first=Kelly |date=2013-04-22 |title=USA Today launches new sports site |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2013/usa-today-launches-sports-site-for-viral-content/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=[[Poynter Institute|Poynter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Jamie Mottram was its founding editor.<ref name=":0" /> The site was inspired by [[BuzzFeed]] and [[Upworthy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Digiday |date=2014-01-29 |title=FTW: How USA Today mastered viral sports content |url=https://digiday.com/media/usa-today-ftw/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=[[Digiday]] |language=en-US}}</ref> It produces shareable, mobile-friendly posts about trending sports topics which led to rapid growth in unique visitors and social media engagement with a heavy focus on sponsored content.<ref name=":1" />


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==

Latest revision as of 18:16, 30 May 2024

USA Today Sports
CategoriesSports magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issueApril 5, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04-05)
(as USA Today Baseball Weekly)
CompanyGannett
CountryUnited States
Based inMcLean, Virginia
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.usatoday.com/sports/
ISSN1541-5228

USA Today Sports is an American sports website owned by the Gannett Company. It is a vertical of Gannett's flagship newspaper USA Today. It is the publisher of USA Today Sports Weekly, an American sports newsmagazine published weekly. The website and magazine largely feature coverage of baseball news from Major League Baseball (MLB), Minor League Baseball and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from spring to early fall, as well as football coverage from the National Football League (NFL) during the fall and winter months. The magazine also features statistics for each covered league and interviews with players and staff members.

Sharing production facilities with its parent publication at Gannett's corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia, Sports Weekly is printed on newsprint and distributed throughout the United States and Canada. The magazine is regularly published on Wednesdays, though special editions that preview major events (such as the World Series and the Super Bowl) or cover fantasy sports are released several times per year, typically on newsprint of better quality than that used in the weekly editions.

Magazine history

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USA Today Sports Weekly logo
USA Today Sports Weekly logo

The magazine was first published by Gannett as USA Today Baseball Weekly, formatted as a tabloid-sized publication focusing exclusively on baseball coverage that launched on April 5, 1991,[1] [2][3] in concert with the first week of regular season play for that year's Major League Baseball season. For its first ten years of publication, it was released on a weekly basis during the baseball season and bi-weekly during the off-season.

The publication was renamed USA Today Sports Weekly on September 4, 2002, preceding the official start of the 2002 NFL season, when it began to incorporate stories and statistics about the NFL.[1] The editorial operations of Sports Weekly originally operated autonomously from those managed by the sports department of USA Today, before being integrated with its parent newspaper's sports unit in late 2005.

Sports Weekly added coverage and interviews from the NASCAR circuit beginning with the February 15, 2006 issue.[1] However this lasted only for the auto racing organization's 2006 racing season, with Gannett announcing it was dropping weekly coverage of NASCAR from Sports Weekly after one season after the November 22, 2006 issue of the publication; although it would continue to issue three special editions dedicated to NASCAR on an annual basis. For the 2007 professional and collegiate baseball season, USA Today Sports Weekly announced that it would incorporate more comprehensive baseball coverage, along with the return of college baseball features; beginning with the August 8 issue that year, the magazine also added weekly coverage of the NCAA college football season.[1]

For The Win

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USA Today Sports launched For The Win (FTW), a platform hosting user-generated viral sports content blending original and aggregated material with eye-catching headlines in 2013.[4] Jamie Mottram was its founding editor.[4] The site was inspired by BuzzFeed and Upworthy.[5] It produces shareable, mobile-friendly posts about trending sports topics which led to rapid growth in unique visitors and social media engagement with a heavy focus on sponsored content.[5]

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  • The first episode of Eastbound & Down included a fictional cover of Sports Weekly featuring the main character.
  • In a 2006 episode of Family Guy, the main character Peter Griffin is seen reading Sports Weekly on a plane traveling to London.
  • In the 2001 baseball comedy film Summer Catch, one scene features an announcer's booth at a Cape Cod League stadium accidentally being lit on fire when a cigarette ash falls on a pile of fictional Baseball Weekly issues.
  • In the 2001 comedy film Shallow Hal, the character Mauricio (Jason Alexander) is shown reading a copy of Baseball Weekly.
  • A photo of Bob Dylan appeared in an issue of Rolling Stone in which he was reading Baseball Weekly in a 7-Eleven store.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "About USA TODAY: Timeline". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Mark Potts (January 29, 1991). "Another Pitch for Baseball Fans; USA Today Plans Weekly Publication to Start on April 5". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "USA Today Plans a Weekly Newspaper About Baseball". The New York Times. January 29, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b McBride, Kelly (2013-04-22). "USA Today launches new sports site". Poynter. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  5. ^ a b Digiday (2014-01-29). "FTW: How USA Today mastered viral sports content". Digiday. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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