- Sports Weekly
USA Today Sports Weekly is a weekly magazine that covers
Major League Baseball ,Minor League Baseball , NCAA baseball and theNational Football League . In the15 February 2006 issue, the magazine added coverage ofNASCAR . It was founded as USA Today Baseball Weekly in 1991 and changed its name on4 September 2002 when it added the NFL.Sports Weekly is a publication of
USA Today and shares both a headquarters inMcLean, Va. and production facilities with its parent publication. USA Today is, in turn, owned byGannett . In late 2005, the newsroom of Sports Weekly merged with USA Today's Sports department.Sports Weekly is printed on
newsprint and distributed throughout theUnited States andCanada . Regular editions are published on Wednesdays. Special editions previewing events or coveringfantasy sports are released several times each year on better quality newsprint.In its
November 22 ,2006 issue, the publication announced that they will be dropping weekly coverage of NASCAR after one season, but will issue three special editions dedicated to the sport on an annual basis. Sports Weekly also announced more comprehensive baseball coverage for2007 , along with the return of college baseball features. Sports Weekly also announced the addition of weekly college football coverage for 2007.In pop culture
* In a
2006 episode ofFamily Guy ,Peter Griffin is seen reading Sports Weekly on a plane to London.
* In the movieSummer Catch , an announcers booth at aCape Cod League stadium is lit on fire when acigarette ash falls on a pile of fictional Baseball Weekly issues.
* In the movieShallow Hal , the character Mauricio (Jason Alexander ) is shown reading a copy of Baseball Weekly.
* A photo ofBob Dylan appeared in aRolling Stone magazine where he was reading a Baseball Weekly in a7-11 store.
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