Henry Luce

The special anniversary issue you hold in your hands has been 35 years in the making. Since SI's debut on Aug. 16, 1954, the world of sports has changed dramatically. In '54 there were 42 professional major league...

This space normally belongs to the editor and publisher of the magazine you hold in your hands, used by them to point with pride to particular stories and introduce you to the people who created them. Almost never is...

Merv Hyman, now 65, went to work for TIME magazine on June 4, 1936 as a copy boy at $15 a week. On his first day, hoping to make a good impression, he went barreling down the hall, turned a corner like Herschel...

Only eight names remain from the original SPORTS ILLUSTRATED masthead of Aug. 16, 1954. Sad to say, that number is now reduced to seven as Assistant Managing Editor Jack Tibby retires. He will be missed not only...

If, in retrospect, a journalistic enterprise could have preordained its date of birth, we wouldn't have done it any other way. Time Incorporated officially became a business in November, 1922. In March, 1923, "TIME,...