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Recent Examples of sportswriter
That take seems unduly alarmist said David Goldblatt, a British sportswriter and sociologist who is a visiting professor at Pitzer College in Claremont.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
His second call was to sportswriter Frank Deford.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Sign up for Ced's Corner Sign up for Cedric Golden's weekly newsletter which drops each Tuesday with hot takes from the unique perspective of the Statesman's resident sports columnist who was named the 2025 National Sports Media Association's Texas sportswriter of the year.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
His second call was to sportswriter Frank Deford.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Sign up for Ced's Corner Sign up for Cedric Golden's weekly newsletter which drops each Tuesday with hot takes from the unique perspective of the Statesman's resident sports columnist who was named the 2025 National Sports Media Association's Texas sportswriter of the year.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportswriter
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As the journalist David Bixenspan, who has reported on the ring-boy allegations, has detailed, Cole enrolled at a community college.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Federal prosecutors have charged Lundy alongside nearly 40 people in connection with the January incident at Cities Church, including journalist Don Lemon.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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Tony Baranek is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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The sudden departure comes just a day after Phelan addressed a large crowd of sailors and industry professionals at the Navy’s annual conference in Washington, and spoke with reporters about his agenda.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Tommy Trenchard is an independent photojournalist based in Cape Town, South Africa.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lightbox and Proximity Media Love+War (National Geographic) Love+War profiles Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario, exploring her experiences in war zones while balancing the complexities of her home life.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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Amy Madigan, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Sunday night, is the daughter of a newsman who helped shape CBS Chicago in the 1960s.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Runtime for the musical, written and directed by former Obama campaign staffer Eli Bauman, is two hours and 15 minutes.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Four women, including an ex-staffer for the Bay Area representative who says Swalwell raped her two years ago, have alleged attacks and unwelcomed explicit communications, according to reports Friday by CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hamilton spent several decades as a correspondent for ABC, including in Utah, Oregon and Colorado.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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In western New York, one community south of Buffalo was picking up the pieces Thursday after a small tornado caused tremendous damage the day before, CBS News senior national weather correspondent Rob Marciano reported Friday.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Simmons did not mention Clayton Dees, who is believed to be the fourth-stringer.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Both have been among the Celtics’ most important players this season, with Brown posting career-best numbers in Tatum’s absence and Queta, a fourth-stringer last season, emerging as a valuable starting center.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportswriter. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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