sportswriter
noun
sports·writ·er
ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tər 
variants
or less commonly sports writer
or sports-writer
: a person who writes about sports especially for a newspaper
In an opening-day column for the Huntsville Times, one sportswriter beseeched readers not to let football poison friendship and provoke brawls.—
Steve Kemper
Steve Kemper
Examples of sportswriter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The sportswriters were there to write, in ways that the other people on the paper weren’t.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the weekly print publication was considered a benchmark for sports journalism, scooping up national magazine awards and influencing several generations of sportswriters.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
But projection systems and sportswriter guesses don’t mean much.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
Like a sportswriter becoming a major league pitcher, or an obit writer opening a mortuary.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
As a former sportswriter, Neal Rubin tends to be annoyingly neutral, but c'mon: this Lions season is irresistible.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning sportswriter who pioneered the role of the N.F.L. insider, reporting omnivorously for various ESPN programs on trades, the draft, free-agent signings, injuries, retirements and scandals, died on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Star-Telegram sportswriter Mac Engel looks into how since 1989, Jones has turned the Dallas Cowboys into North America’s most valuable franchise and North Texas into a sports, entertainment, and event destination.
—Candi Bolden, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
—Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the weekly print publication was considered a benchmark for sports journalism, scooping up national magazine awards and influencing several generations of sportswriters.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
But projection systems and sportswriter guesses don’t mean much.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
Like a sportswriter becoming a major league pitcher, or an obit writer opening a mortuary.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
As a former sportswriter, Neal Rubin tends to be annoyingly neutral, but c'mon: this Lions season is irresistible.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning sportswriter who pioneered the role of the N.F.L. insider, reporting omnivorously for various ESPN programs on trades, the draft, free-agent signings, injuries, retirements and scandals, died on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Star-Telegram sportswriter Mac Engel looks into how since 1989, Jones has turned the Dallas Cowboys into North America’s most valuable franchise and North Texas into a sports, entertainment, and event destination.
—Candi Bolden, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
—Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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sportswriter
noun
sports·writ·er
ˈspō(ə)rts-ˌrīt-ər
ˈspȯ(ə)rts-
: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)
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