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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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
Neil Hayes, a former Bay Area sportswriter whose best-selling book about De La Salle High School’s football program was adapted into a blockbuster movie, passed away Wednesday night at his Illinois home after a decades-long battle with cancer.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Former Orlando Sentinel sportswriter George Diaz reflects on the same theme that many others remember.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
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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
Neil Hayes, a former Bay Area sportswriter whose best-selling book about De La Salle High School’s football program was adapted into a blockbuster movie, passed away Wednesday night at his Illinois home after a decades-long battle with cancer.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Former Orlando Sentinel sportswriter George Diaz reflects on the same theme that many others remember.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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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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