ESPN Magazine

Bibliographic Information: Millman, C. (2013). ESPN magazine. USA: The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation. 

Plot Summary: ESPN Magazine spotlights popular sports like Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, National Football League, and the National Basketball Association, along with college sports.  The bi-weekly publication includes articles about athletes, coaches, and teams, highlighting their struggles, triumphs, and dedication.  Other features of the magazine include opinion pieces, business aspects of sports, Q&A, and reader’s comments about previous issues.

Critical Evaluation: ESPN Magazine offers readers insight about the sporting world.  The magazine takes on a more humorous and light-hearted approach than its competitor, Sports Illustrated.  

Reader’s Annotation: The best and worst of sports can be found in one place: ESPN Magazine.  

Information about the magazine: The first issue of ESPN Magazine was published March 11, 1998 (Wikipedia, 2013).  Its parent company, ESPN Inc., is owned by The Walt Disney Company/ Hearst Corporation.  Chad Millman is the Editor In Chief.  ESPN Inc. operates an astonishing twelve channels.  Their slogan is “the worldwide leader sports, and they have five locations: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York (ESPN, n.d.).

  

Genre: Magazine, Sports

Curriculum Ties: Health; Physical Education

Booktalking ideas (one or two):

1. Highlight a featured athlete.

Reading level/Interest age: 14+

Challenge Issues: There is an annual issue name “The Body Issue” that features athletes in the nude (with their private parts covered).

1.    Read/watch/listen to the material to become familiar with the content.

2.    Familiarize myself with the Arizona Common Core curriculum standards http://www.azed.gov/azcommoncore/teacher/ to defend how the material can support the learning of these standards.

3.    Refer to the Library Bill of Rights: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill

4.    Refer to the collection policy of my library.

5.    Collect reviews from staff/students/patrons who have used the material

Why I chose this magazine: This magazine will appeal to those patrons who are involved in or entertained by sports.  It brings variety to our magazine collection and documents the activities of famous athletes.  

References:

ESPN Inc. (n.d.). ESPN the magazine. Retrieved from http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/

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Wikipedia. (2013, May). ESPN. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN