sportswriter

noun

sports·​writ·​er ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tər How to pronounce sportswriter (audio)
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 noun
or sports writing

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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 See All Example Sentences for sportswriter

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sportswriter was in 1907

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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 How to pronounce sportswriter (audio)
ˈspȯ(ə)rts-
: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)

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