Americans' interest in sports intensified during the decade. Television brought live sports into peoples' homes for the first time. A new magazine, Sports Illustrated, was created to provide a weekly source of sports news and photographs....

Using a blend of groundbreaking photography and revolutionary writing, Sports Illustrated changed the way spectator sports fit into American culture during the 1960s and 1970s. As the first weekly magazine devoted solely to sports, Sports Illustrated...

Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the...

Magazine publisher Time Inc. is shutting down Life magazine again, a brand it had resuscitated in late 2004 as a newspaper supplement.Time Inc. said in a statement Monday that it would keep the Life brand going on the Internet, where it will launch a Web...

Willye White, a five-time U.S. Olympian and two-time Olympic silver medalist, died Tuesday. She was 67 years old.White died of pancreatic cancer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Sarah Armantrout, a longtime friend who was with White when she died.White competed in five consecutive Olympic...

After showing initial support for the lacrosse team amid rape allegations against three players, Duke University officials caved to pressure, the team's former coach says in a book that goes on sale next month.Mike Pressler resigned under fire last spring on the same day university...

Bernie Williams has a big decision ahead. The New York Yankees have offered the former All-Star outfielder a minor league contract and an invite to spring training.The offer was reported Wednesday on Sports Illustrated's Web site and confirmed by a baseball official who spoke on...