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The beginning of baseball reporting
The earliest sports reports date back to 1470 when the Italians wrote about tournaments. Books, reports, and writing for America’s pastime did not start until 1837 when Henry Chadwick invented the...
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The beginning of newsbooks
The first newsbooks were written during the seventeenth century English Civil Wars. The first newsbook was published in November 1641. This one contained more domestic news rather than foreign news....
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The first sports illustrated magazine
Sports Illustrated. One of the most popular magazines among readers in the United States. It has been a hit since the first issue came out on August 16, 1954. There were 148 pages in the first issue...
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First female sportscaster
Sportscasting has traditionally been given to the public from men. One women made it a point to change that. Jane Chastain. Photo Credit: (left)http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/jane.;...
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Society of professional journalists and the first code of ethics
The Society of Professional Journalists adopted the very first code of ethics and made journalism more credible than ever. The SPJ was founded in 1909 at DePauw University in Greenville, Indiana. At...
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Coverage of Ice Hockey
The media had a big impact on sports in the beginning. The more a sport was televised or written on, the more people played it and the more popular it was. Ice hockey in the 1960s for instance. In...
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First Sportscenter Broadcast
Sport is something that kept people active and in shape since the beginning of time. Rules, books, and magazines helped get people interested and start leagues. When television started it only helped...
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The media and sport go hand in hand. Where there is sport, there is someone who wants to report on it. The first true team sport played in America was lacrosse. Click here to view the embedded video....
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The Golden Age (Extra Credit)
After the Great War America was depressed and looking for something to wash away their memories. They found sport. Throughout the 1920s Americans slowly fell in love with sport through the exploits of...
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