sportswriter

[spawrts-rahy-ter, spohrts-]

noun

1. a journalist who reports on sports sports and sporting events.

Other Word Forms

• sportswriting noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sportswriter¹

First recorded in 1900–05; sports + writer

Example Sentences

When any basketball coach is raving about an opposing player, that sets off an alarm bell for sportswriters to pay attention and investigate.

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For nearly 30 years, veteran journalist and author Jeff Pearlman had made his bones as a respected sportswriter with a stacked resume that included seven New York Times bestsellers.

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Mr. Bacon is an accomplished sportswriter who has written extensively about the Michigan Wolverines.

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Mike Kupper, husband, dad, grandpa and longtime sportswriter/editor, died September 17th of renal failure.

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He’s still in shape since he has to move up and down the sideline while watching out for players, coaches and sportswriters who might be in his way.

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