Andruw Jones on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids.

Sports Illustrated for Kids/Sports Illustrated Kids (SI for Kids) is a spin-off of a popular weekly American sports magazine Sports Illustrated, and was first launched in January of 1989. It is targeted towards kids and preteens up to 14 years old. It prices at USD$3.99. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x669, 124 KB) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x669, 124 KB) http://www. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1988 in sports, other events of 1989, 1990 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Rusty Wallace CART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi Formula One Championship - Alain... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

There are many features to SI For Kids. The features of the magazine include action photos, easy-to-read stories about star athletes, helpful instructional tips from the pros, and humor, comics, and activities. Part of the humor includes comic cards (kids can send in their cards and write funny captions for the athlete on the card), and Buzz Beamer is the lead character of the comic strip. Michael Jordan has been on the cover the most times. For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ...

As a bonus, each issue comes with a two-sided pull-out poster of two superstar athletes plus nine sports cards. There is also a section inside called Sports Illustrated for Teen, which is a magazine for older kids who are too old for SI for kids, but too young for Sports Illustrated.

A recent innovation for the magazine has included alternate covers. In May 2006, the magazine featured three different alternate covers to cover the NFL Draft.

• The first cover was "Just Imagine Reggie Bush as a Houston Texan."
• The second cover was "Just Imagine Vince Young as a Tennessee Titan."
• The third cover was "Just Imagine Matt Leinart as a New York Jet."

The magazine has won the highest honors from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Parents' Choice Awards. ^[1] Reginald Alfred Reggie Bush II (born March 2, 1985 in San Diego, California), nicknamed The President, alluding to President Bush, is an American football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints and formerly for the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans. ... Vincent Paul Young, Jr. ... Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback (QB) for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, where he is beginning to be known as Lion Heart Leinart or simply LionHeart . ...

Sports Illustrated for Kids Website

The website SIKIDS.com is the online counterpart to Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine. The site changes from day to day, and even from minute to minute, with the goal of creating a fun, safe environment for kids, filled with news, games, and interactive features on the internet. Staff at SIKIDS.COM regularly works alongside the Sports Illustrated Kids magazine staff, sharing ideas at the Time and Life Building in New York City. Reporters and editors for the magazine regularly write stories and pass along scoops to the web site.

The Grant School Program

There is also a Sports Illustrated for Kids Teacher’s site, which is designed to encourage reading. SI KIDS attempts to help improve discretionary reading skills in the classroom using sports as a potential topic that kids may enjoy. The site allows teachers to purchase discounted classroom subscriptions, and apply for the Grant School Program to obtain free materials for the classroom.

The Grant School Program was launched in 1989 and had the dual mission of entertaining and educating kids with high-quality sports information and activities. Each year SI KIDS gives over 50,000 free subscriptions to kids in schools across America. The Grant School Program is designed to benefit children who live in low-income communities that have limited classroom resources.

Trading Cards

One of the key elements of Sports Illustrated for Kids is that the magazine features trading cards in its magazine. Traditionally, each issue contains nine trading cards in its magazine. One of the key features of these cards is that many female athletes are featured on cards and this tends to be the only way to find cards featuring these athletes.

The following chart illusrates some of the famous athletes that have been featured on a trading card and in which issue to find it.

Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... This road bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Swin Cash meets George W. Bush after winning the WNBA Championship with the Detroit Shock. ... WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (yi-LEN-ah di-MENT-yi-vuh; Russian: Елена Вячеславовна Дементьева ( ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), better known as Elena Dementieva, is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Jennie Finch Jennie Lynn Finch (born September 3, 1980), or occasionally using her married name, Jennie Daigle, is famous for being a softball player and an American athlete and as of 2004 a pitcher for USA Softball, was one of the pitchers on the team that won the gold medal... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... Justine Henin-Hardenne ( ) (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is the current World No. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... LeBron Raymone James (IPA: , born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio), commonly nicknamed King James, is an American All-Star small forward in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... LeBron Raymone James (IPA: , born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio), commonly nicknamed King James, is an American All-Star small forward in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. ... The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Elisha Nelson Eli Manning (born January 3, 1981, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is the starting quarterback for the New York Giants NFL franchise. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983), is a major league catcher in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... José Alberto Pujols (Pronounced POO-hoals, IPA: /Ë¡puËŒhoÊŠlz/) (born January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player with the St. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Diana Taurasi on the Phoenix Mercury. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... LaDainian Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays running back for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. Often called LT,[1] Tomlinson set a number of single season NFL records in the 2006 NFL season. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Michelle Sung Wie (born October 11, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a professional American golfer who has gained attention for her many attempts to make a cut at a PGA Tour event. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...

Special Edition Trading Cards

These cards were featured in the January 2004 edition of the magazine to commemorate the magazine's 15th Anniversary. They were reprints of the first cards that were featured of these athletes.

In the December 2006 - January 2007 issue, special 3-D cards were included, which also included 3-D glasses. Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is one of the most famous American professional basketball players playing today; he is generally regarded as being one of the most dominant players in the National Basketball Association. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Nationality  United States Birth December 30, 1975 (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 2 in (1. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... Tony Hawk This article is about the American skateboarder. ... A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or performing tricks with a skateboard. ... Mia Hamm-Garciaparra (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer (association football) player. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League left fielder for the San Francisco Giants. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a retired American football player, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete of Belizian descent. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

In the February 2007 issue, future sports stars were featured on the issue's trading cards. Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983, in Annapolis, Maryland) is a motorsports competitor who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. ... ESPN X Games logo The X Games is an annual multi-sport event with a focus on action sports. ... A-Rod redirects here. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American swimmer and world-record holder (as of 2006). ... Swimming is a technique that humans and animals use to move through water using only movements of the body, often for exercise, fun and competition. ... Nationality  United States Birth December 30, 1975 (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 2 in (1. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... Anastasia Nastya Liukina (born October 30, 1989, Moscow, Russia) is an American gymnast. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, forward rolls, aerials and tucks. ... Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (pronunciation: shah-RAH-poh-vah:  , Russian: ) (born 19 April 1987) is a former World No. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets of the NBA. // Paul was selected fourth overall by the New Orleans Hornets in the first round of the 2005... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Colin McRae MBE (born in Lanark, Scotland, 5 August 1968) is, together with Sébastien Loeb, the second most successful World Rally Championship driver of all time (in the currency of individual rally wins), second only to Carlos Sainz. ... ESPN X Games logo The X Games is an annual multi-sport event with a focus on action sports. ...

Image:Kevin Love. ... Jimmy Clausen (born September, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American football player. ... Ovinton JAnthony O.J. Mayo, (born November 5, 1987[1] in Huntington, West Virginia, United States) is a student at Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia. ...

See also

• Sports Illustrated magazine
• Sports Illustrated Almanac
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Sports Illustrated on Campus
• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
• Sports Illustrated Women
• Faces in the Crowd

July 1999cover showing soccer star Brandi Chastain Sports Illustrated is a popular weekly American sports magazine owned by media giant Time Warner. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... Babette Marche, 1964, the first Swimsuit Issue Cheryl Tiegs, 1975 Christie Brinkley, 1980 Elle Macpherson, 1988 Veronica Varekova, 2004; Anna Kournikova is in the inset. ... July 1999 cover showing soccer star Brandi Chastain Sports Illustrated is a popular weekly American sports magazine owned by media giant Time Warner. ... Faces in the Crowd is a long-running segment from Sports Illustrated magazine. ...

External links

• SI.com
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Sports Illustrated KIDS Teacher's web-site