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The first issue of SLAM, featuring cover athlete Larry Johnson.

SLAM Magazine is an American basketball magazine that has been in circulation since 1994, and is published by PRIMEDIA. SLAM publishes nine issues a year to its circulation of over 500,000 readers worldwide. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links The first issue of SLAM Magazine from 1994, featuring former NBA player Larry Johnson. ... Image File history File links The first issue of SLAM Magazine from 1994, featuring former NBA player Larry Johnson. ... Larry Demetric Johnson (born March 14, 1969 in Dallas, Texas) is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks in the NBA. He was listed as a 6 ft 7 in (2. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Primedia Logo Primedia Inc. ...

History

SLAM was launched in 1994 as a basketball magazine that combined the sport with hip hop culture at a time when the genre was becoming increasingly popular. It was founded by publisher Dennis Page at Harris Publications, and he hired Cory Johnson to be the first Editor in Chief. Its first issue had a cover story on Larry Johnson of the Charlotte Hornets (written by future Fortune magazine editor Andrew Serwer) and a feature on University of California freshman Jason Kidd. Many of the magazine's lasting features, such as In Your Face, Slam-a-da-month, and Last Shot all began with that first issue. The magazine carries advertising for basketball related products, street-wear clothing and hip hop music, and has been credited with helping to market hip hop culture and basketball as one. Street B-boying in San Francisco, CA Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among African-American and Puerto Rican communities in the South Bronx in the late 1970s. ... Cory Johnson is an American journalist. ... Larry Demetric Johnson (born March 14, 1969 in Dallas, Texas) is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks in the NBA. He was listed as a 6 ft 7 in (2. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973, in San Francisco, California) is an American All-Star professional basketball player in the NBA. After earlier tours with the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns, he is currently the New Jersey Nets starting point guard and captain. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

SLAM has published 109 issues in its history, and has featured the biggest names in American basketball on its cover, in articles, and on its famous SLAMups posters. To date, only one female athlete has ever appeared on the SLAM cover - Chamique Holdsclaw in October 1998. Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan have each appeared on the cover a record nine times. Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw (born August 9, 1977 in Astoria, New York) is a basketball player in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ... Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia[1]), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ...

Writers and editors

Editors for SLAM Magazine have included:

• Cory Johnson (founding editor-in-chief)
• Russ Bengtson
• Anna Gebbie
• Tony Gervino
• Scoop Jackson (left slam)
• Ben Osborne
• "Old" Dave Lewis
• Dennis Page (publisher)
• Susan Price
• Khalid Saalam
• Lang Whitaker
• Ryan Jones

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• Bonz Malone
• Andy Serwer
• Kevin Powell
• Dan "Young Dave" Amrich
• Vinny Mallozzi
• Russell Shoemaker
• Jon Azpiri
• Michael Bradley (senior writer)
• Jeff Cruz
• Paul Feinberg
• Joe Lombardi
• Arash Markazi
• Anthony McCarron
• Alan Paul (senior writer)
• Tonya Pendleton
• Bonsu Thompson (senior writer)
• Micheal Weinbrab
• Nima Zarrabi (senior writer)
• Davy Rothbart

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Magazine features

• "SLAMADAMONTH" — a short article describing a slam dunk accompanied by a photograph of the play. This feature usually features a dunk performed by an NBA player, but has featured college players in the past. The first SLAMADAMONTH (Spring 1994 issue) featured Chris Webber dunking on Charles Barkley.

• "NOYZ" — a series of one-line jokes commenting on recent basketball events, written anonymously. The first NOYZ column appeared in the March 1995 issue.

• "In Your Face" — short one-page profiles on NBA, college, female and international players.

• "Last Shot" — a former back-page column documenting a game-winning shot during a game. This feature was discontinued after the January 2000 issue.

• "SLAM Magazine's top 75 NBA players of all time" — released in 2003.

• "The SLAM high school diary" — In 1994, SLAM began a tradition of choosing a highly talented high school basketball player to keep a monthly diary recording their accomplishments as they moved toward playing college or professional basketball. Since the diary began, 6 of its 11 keepers have played in the NBA. Only LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair were not in their final ("senior") year of high school when they wrote the diary. The following players have been keepers of the SLAM diary: (current career status in brackets)

1. 1995 - Stephon Marbury (NBA All-Star)
2. 1996 - Ronnie Fields (CBA player)
3. 1997 - Edmund Saunders (won an NCAA Championship with UConn in 1999)
4. 1998 - Ray Young (CBA player)
5. 1999 - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (NBA player)
6. 2000 - Andre Barrett (NBA player)
7. 2001 - Eddy Curry (NBA player)
8. 2002 - LeBron James (NBA All-Star)
9. 2003 - Sebastian Telfair (NBA player)
10. 2004 - Marvin Williams (NBA player; won an NCAA Championship with UNC in 2005)
11. 2005 - Eric Devendorf (Syracuse University player)
12. 2006 - Thaddeus Young (Georgia Tech player)
13. 2007 - Kevin Love (Lake Oswego High School)

• Trash Talk — Readers' letters to the editor are posted here, with occasional comments by the editor.
• Rookie Diary - The Rookie Diary is held by a new NBA rookie yearly, as they speak about their first experiences in the league: (rookie season team in brackets)

1. 2003 - Drew Gooden (Memphis Grizzlies/Orlando Magic)
2. 2004 - Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
3. 2005 - Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers)
4. 2006 - Ike Diogu (Golden State Warriors)
5. 2007 - Kyle Lowry (Memphis Grizzlies)

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See also

• List of SLAM Magazine cover athletes.

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External links

• SLAM Online