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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The resurgent Franklin began showing up in every sportswriter’s list of candidates.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The Las Vegas Aces star earned 51 first place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, getting a total of 657 points, CNN reported.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Smith and Wilson each received 29 votes from a national panel of 72 sportswriters and broadcasters.
—Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The Las Vegas Aces star earned 51 first place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, getting a total of 657 points, CNN reported.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Smith and Wilson each received 29 votes from a national panel of 72 sportswriters and broadcasters.
—Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter. Accessed 17 Oct. 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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