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

The Patriots’ record fell to 2-2 and sportswriters rushed to write the Patriots’ obituary. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025

There has been a consistent pattern with Florida football where a group of Gators fans complains about the current head coach, sportswriters mock them for having unrealistic expectations, and then those fans turn out to be totally correct. —Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

Fill out the form below and the Herald sportswriters may answer them at the event. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

Mother Nature doesn't care about football, its players, coaches and fans, nor sportswriters, for that matter. —Cecil Joyce, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sportswriter

• exciter
• firefighter
• igniter
• lamplighter
• reciter
• screenwriter
• scriptwriter
• songwriter
• typewriter
• biter
• brighter
• fighter

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)