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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Voters: 10 sportswriters and coaches from throughout the San Diego Section: John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune); Don Norcross (Union-Tribune freelance writer); Adam Paul (freelance contributor); Max Preps and 6 coaches.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
There are sportswriters like Manor, Halickman and the YouTuber Pini Barel, whose social media sometimes resembles an Avdija highlight reel.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Whiteley and company don’t shy from the moment that Duran calls a heckling fan the f-word mid-game and several of the non-playing talking heads — sportswriters, various Fenway employees — are unflinchingly critical.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
But that’s just me, an Eastern sportswriter who goes to bed early and might be missing some of the nuance here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
There are sportswriters like Manor, Halickman and the YouTuber Pini Barel, whose social media sometimes resembles an Avdija highlight reel.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Whiteley and company don’t shy from the moment that Duran calls a heckling fan the f-word mid-game and several of the non-playing talking heads — sportswriters, various Fenway employees — are unflinchingly critical.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
But that’s just me, an Eastern sportswriter who goes to bed early and might be missing some of the nuance here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter. Accessed 7 May. 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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