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.—
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Basketball is the city game, as the sportswriter Pete Axthelm called it half a century ago, and its chief narrative, for decades, was about escaping the ghetto.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The first time, in 1947 when Detroit jewelry store owner Maury Winston sold the team then known as the Detroit Gems to a Twin Cities group including then 24-year-old Minneapolis Star-Tribune sportswriter Sid Hartman, the sale price was $15,000.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Lee explains his perspective, as a sportswriter and as a fan, that teams and leagues are taking advantage of supporters.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Twenty-three years of a smug, smarmy host, and a bunch of sportswriters desperate for sound bites and attention.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The first time, in 1947 when Detroit jewelry store owner Maury Winston sold the team then known as the Detroit Gems to a Twin Cities group including then 24-year-old Minneapolis Star-Tribune sportswriter Sid Hartman, the sale price was $15,000.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Lee explains his perspective, as a sportswriter and as a fan, that teams and leagues are taking advantage of supporters.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Twenty-three years of a smug, smarmy host, and a bunch of sportswriters desperate for sound bites and attention.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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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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