# Stack (magazine)

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| country         = United States
| based           = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
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'''''Stack''''' is a sports performance and athlete lifestyle publication targeted at [high school student athletes](/source/High_school_sports).<ref name=GlobeNewswire>{{cite press release|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=132308|title=Stack|work=GlobeNewswire, Inc.|date=2007-12-03|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> Double issues of ''STACK Magazine'' are distributed free of cost three times per year to 13,500 [high school](/source/high_school)s nationwide (about 75% of all U.S. high schools with sports programs),<ref name=Cleveland>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20091109/SUB1/311099986/1005&Profile=1005|title=For the sport of it|author=Chuck Soder|work=Crain’s Cleveland Business|date=2009-11-09|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref> resulting in a readership of 5.4 million athletes.<ref name=reuters>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS65914+21-Sep-2009+PRN20090921|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202004934/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS65914+21-Sep-2009+PRN20090921|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-02|title=LeBron James Chooses to go 'Back To School' With STACK Magazine|work=Reuters.com|author=Scott Cianciulli|date=2009-09-21|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref>

==Content==
The magazine covers a wide variety of  topics, including training, nutrition, sports skills, athlete lifestyle and motivation. The articles are often sport-specific in nature, covering nearly all sports including football, [basketball](/source/basketball), [baseball](/source/baseball), track, [soccer](/source/Association_football), [volleyball](/source/volleyball), swimming, wrestling, [softball](/source/softball), lacrosse, tennis, and [hockey](/source/ice_hockey).

==History==
STACK Media, Inc. was founded by Nick Palazzo and Chad Zimmerman, both former collegiate athletes, in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio) in February 2005.<ref name=GlobeNewswire /> STACK Magazine's premier issue featuring a young [LeBron James](/source/LeBron_James) on the cover was printed and distributed shortly thereafter. STACK was originally financed privately, helped by a $15,000 win from a 2003 competition organized by Northeast Ohio's Council of Smaller Enterprises. Further financing has come from its current Chairman and from private equity firm CapitalWorks LLC of Cleveland.<ref name=Cleveland /> The extensive readership, mostly males in the age range 12–24, has attracted major Blue Chip advertisers including [Nike, Inc.](/source/Nike%2C_Inc.), [Reebok](/source/Reebok), [Gatorade](/source/Gatorade), ASICS, New Balance, Under Armour, Milk, Navy and the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).<ref name=automobi>{{cite web|url=http://www.auto-mobi.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9508&Itemid=50|title=STACK Media Grows Relationships with Blue Chip Advertisers Nike, Gatorade, and the U.S. Army|date=2009-11-26|work=auto-mobi.info|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref>

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