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

If the coaches and the sportswriters disagreed, oh well, two title-holders. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman contributed to this report. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2026

There will come a day when sportswriters all over the country look back on what the New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson did in these 2026 NBA Finals and blink. — John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026

There are few things in this world more sanctimonious and hypocritical than left-wing sportswriters getting on their faux moral high horse. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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)