Guerin Sportivo
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The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sport magazine. Founded in 1912 in Turin
, it is published every month and is the oldest sport magazine in the world.
The title and the logo, depicting a medieval knight throwing a javelin, are inspired by the lead character in Andrea di Barberino's chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino
("The Wretched Warrior"), written in 1410.
Originally, it was printed on green paper, whence the popular nickname verdolino, and also housed satyrical panels. Characters used in his panels by artist Carlin (a zebra for Juventus, a female wolf for Roma, a devil for Milan and others) inspired most of the symbols of Italian sides used today. In the mid-1970s Guerin Sportivo moved from newspaper to magazine format, starting to include a greater number of photos. Since its origins, most of the concern was devoted to soccer, other sports being given less detail. Since 1990s virtually all pages are dedicated to soccer.
Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera
, Indro Montanelli
, Giorgio Tosatti, Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconcerti, Stefano Disegni and Rino Tommasi.
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, it is published every month and is the oldest sport magazine in the world.
The title and the logo, depicting a medieval knight throwing a javelin, are inspired by the lead character in Andrea di Barberino's chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino
Il Guerrin Meschino
Il Guerrin Meschino is an Italian prose chivalric romance with some elements of verisimilitude, written by the Tuscan trovatore and systematizer and translator from French, Andrea da Barberino, who completed it about 1410....
("The Wretched Warrior"), written in 1410.
Originally, it was printed on green paper, whence the popular nickname verdolino, and also housed satyrical panels. Characters used in his panels by artist Carlin (a zebra for Juventus, a female wolf for Roma, a devil for Milan and others) inspired most of the symbols of Italian sides used today. In the mid-1970s Guerin Sportivo moved from newspaper to magazine format, starting to include a greater number of photos. Since its origins, most of the concern was devoted to soccer, other sports being given less detail. Since 1990s virtually all pages are dedicated to soccer.
Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera
Gianni Brera
Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera was an Italian sports journalist and novelist.-Biography:Brera was born in San Zenone al Po, near Pavia, the son of Carlo, a tailor, and Marietta Ghisoni...
, Indro Montanelli
Indro Montanelli
Indro Montanelli was an Italian journalist and historian, known for his new approach to writing history in books such as History of the Greeks and History of Rome....
, Giorgio Tosatti, Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconcerti, Stefano Disegni and Rino Tommasi.