The Cover Index (all 2,548 Of Them)

It's not one of those mythic numbers in sports—such as .400 or 56—but it's still an impressive run: 2,548 covers, from our first issue in 1954 to the one you hold in your hands right now

1954

EDDIE MATHEWS
U.S. AMATEUR PREVIEW
SEASIDE TRAVEL
YACHT RACING
STOCK CAR RACING
CALGARY STAMPEDE
CALVIN JONES
COWGIRL FASHIONS
OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL
BELMONT STEEPLECHASE
HUNTING
OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL
SURF-CASTING AT MONTAUK
DUCKS
Y.A. TITTLE
CAR RALLY
AFRICAN SAFARI
KANSAS CITY HORSE SHOW
SANTA CLARA BASKETBALL
SKIING IN SWITZERLAND

1955

ROGER BANNISTER
SANTA ANITA
BULLFIGHTING
GYMNASTICS
JILL KINMONT
CAROL HEISS
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
SWIMSUIT FASHIONS
RACING AT HIALEAH
BADMINTON
WALLACE (BUDDY) WERNER
PARRY O'BRIEN
STEVE NAGY
BEN HOGAN
MAYS & THE DUROCHERS
CLEVELAND INDIANS
TENZING NORGAY
PENN RELAYS
BALLOONING
BIRD-WATCHING
SKIN DIVING
HERB SCORE
TROUT FISHING
YACHTING
U.S. OPEN
DUKE SNIDER
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
YOGI BERRA
SWAPS
ALPINE VACATION
TED WILLIAMS
ARCHERY
EDDIE MATHEWS
DON NEWCOMBE
TONY TRABERT
SPEAR FISHING
BUD WILKINSON
ROCKY MARCIANO
WALTER ALSTON
DOAK WALKER
BIRD HUNTING
PRINCETON BAND
HOWARD (HOPALONG) CASSADY
NATIONAL HORSE SHOW
MARYLAND FOOTBALL
HUNTING
SKEETER WERNER
DON HOLLEDER
FENCING
DOG BREEDING
SPRING SKI FASHIONS
BOWL PREVIEWS

1956

JOHNNY PODRES
BOB COUSY
THE CROSBY
JEAN BELIVEAU
HAYES JENKINS & TENLEY ALBRIGHT
RALPH MILLER
INDOOR TRACK
EVERGLADES WILDLIFE
RACING AT HIALEAH
CARDINALS' SPRING TRAINING
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
MARLIN FISHING IN PERU
SPORTS CAR RALLY
SWIMMER AL WIGGINS
BASEBALL PREVIEW
WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF
BILLY MARTIN
FLY-FISHING
KENTUCKY DERBY PREVIEW
AL KALINE & HARVEY KUENN
JOHN LANDY
INDIANAPOLIS 500 PREVIEW
FLOYD PATTERSON
SAM SNEAD
MICKEY MANTLE
WARREN SPAHN
DRAKE RELAYS
ALL-STAR GAME
CINCINNATI REDS
HARNESS RACING
JOE ADCOCK
DIVING
OLYMPIC SAILING
EDDIE MATHEWS
HORSE SHOW
LEW HOAD
WHITEY FORD
WILLIE HARTACK
FOOTBALL PREVIEW
MICKEY MANTLE
PAUL BROWN
YACHTING
HUNTING
PAUL HORNUNG
YALE FOOTBALL
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
OLYMPIC PREVIEW
USC FOOTBALL
CHUCK CONERLY
SUMMER OLYMPIC REVIEW
SKI FASHIONS
YEAR IN REVIEW

1957

TEXAS'S BOBBY MORROW
SKIING IN UTAH
YALE'S JOHNNY LEE
BOSTON BRUINS
YACHTING
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
SMU BASKETBALL
SAXTON VS. BASILIO
MICKEY MANTLE
BEN HOGAN
TED LINDSAY & GORDIE HOWE
CARROLL SHELBY
OKLAHOMA WRESTLING
FLY-FISHING
BASEBALL PREVIEW
WALLY MOON
ROBINSON VS. FULLMER FIGHT
KENTUCKY DERBY PREVIEW
BILLY PIERCE
BRIDLESPUR HORSE SHOW
INDY 500 PREVIEW
CLEM LABINE
CARY MIDDLE COFF
EDDIE ARCARO
POLE VAULTING
YACHTING FLAGS
STAN MUSIAL & TED WILLIAMS
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
HANK BAUER
FLOYD PATTERSON
PHYSICAL FITNESS
HYDROPLANE RACING
HAMBLETONIAN PREVIEW
BEACH FASHIONS
ALTHEA GIBSON
ROY MCMILLAN
CARMEN BASILIO
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
WORLD SERIES
OLLIE-MATSON
CHARLES GOREN
HUNTING
NATURE WALKS
MINNESOTA'S BOBBY COX
KENTUCKY HORSE SHOW
OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL
SKIING TIPS
FITNESS IN RUSSIA
COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW
SKI FASHIONS
YEAR IN REVIEW

1958