sportswriter

noun

sports·writ·er ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tər

variants or less commonly sports writer or sports-writer

Synonyms of sportswriter next

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Former sportswriter and longtime spring training attendee Les Polk remembers this turbulent time vividly. —

Jordy Fee-platt, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023 Frank Litsky, a longtime sportswriter for The Times, died in 2018. —

Frank Litsky, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023 The tradition among sportswriters is to come out of a college newspaper and start in a minor-league city, hoping for a break. —

Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2023 Follow every game: Latest NBA Scores and Schedules NBA AWARDS:Our picks for MVP, rookie of the year, most improved OPINION: Toxic discussion around this season's NBA MVP award is taking fun out of race Award results are based on votes from an international panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. —

Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023 So maybe sportswriters aren’t the ultimate authority. —

Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023 Pollard’s team cuts together interviews with dozens of veteran sportswriters and basketball legends, threaded between thrilling footage from Russell’s multiple championship seasons. —

Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023 In 1990, a sportswriter called him the most powerful man in the college game. —

oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 What happens when a sportswriter picks some of the toughest games of the week and goes head-to-head against a sharp and a football expert with a Harvard education? —

Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022 See More

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