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

sportswriting

ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tiŋ 

noun

or sports writing

Examples of sportswriter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Deeds’ roles have included sportswriter, music critic and features editor. —Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 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, 4 July 2024

By the late 1960s and early 1970s, more sportswriters were characterizing him as surly and defensive, reflecting both his evolving personality and changing press sensibilities. —Aram Goudsouzian / Made By History, TIME, 25 June 2024

Carl Steward is a former sportswriter for the Bay Area News Group. —Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

sportswriter

noun

sports·​writ·​er ˈspō(ə)rts-ˌrīt-ər 

ˈspȯ(ə)rts-

: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)