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

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He has been named Oregon sportswriter of the year four times and has won awards from APSE, SPJ, and Pro Basketball Writers Association. —

Jason Quick, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 Deeds’ roles have included sportswriter, music critic and features editor. —

Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025 In his 1994 book The Curse of Rocky Colavito, Cleveland sportswriter Terry Pluto described the tribulations of the Cleveland franchise after Colavito was traded to Detroit as a curse on the franchise. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 The Freaks List is The Athletic sportswriter Bruce Feldman's annual ode to college football players who have athletically freakish profiles. —

Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sportswriter