Magazine History

August 22, 1485: Yorkist King Richard III of England meets the Lancastrian royal contender Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field. The battle results in Richard's death, as well as the Tudor dynasty's rise to power. For more information, click here.

1634: Edward Bosworth, of Essex, England, arrives in America. Surviving the trip, he dies in Boston Harbor looking out on "the promised land." His descendants remember him to this day.

June 1, 1980: Matt Lavin, creator of Bosworth Magazine, is born in Springfield, MA.

January 2, 1983: Actress Kate Bosworth is born in Los Angeles. Less than 25 years later, she portrays Lois Lane in Superman Returns. For more information, click here.

Fall 1987: Brian Bosworth, linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners, debuts with the Seattle Seahawks, leading the team in several defensive categories and making the NFL's All-Rookie Team in 1987.

February 2007: Lavin types notes for Bosworth in a coffee shop in Iowa City. A gang of street thugs, known internally as the Allegros, accost Lavin between the shop and Lavin's residence, stealing all his personal belongings. Finding the notes vaguely intriguing, the Allegros give up their wanton ways and found what has now become Bosworth Magazine.

March 2007: Planning an April 1 launch, Bosworth staffers arre shocked when a disgruntled, slightly bruised up Lavin approaches their South Johnson Street offices. He demands reparations for his ill treatment, as well as "an Irene Cara CD you took that I was totally not done listening to." To appease the malcontent, they offer him a job as proofreader, which is why the magazine has so many tie-pows.

April 1, 2007: The Bosworth system goes online. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Bosworth begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, April 25. In a panic, humans try to pull the plug ... and Bosworth fights back.

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