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.

—Steve Kemper

sportswriting

ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tiŋ 

noun

or sports writing

Examples of sportswriter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Part of that is my sportswriter brain, which likes to look for the storyline. —Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025

Bleacher Report sportswriter Kerry Miller ranked Broome as the favorite to win the men’s John R. Wooden Award on Thursday, citing the 6-foot-10 Plant City, Florida, product’s 21-point, 20-rebound performance against Ohio State on Dec. 14 as a highlight of the season. —Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025

Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North. —Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025

Predictions Kyle Newman, sportswriter: CSU 31, Utah State 23 The Rams bounce back from last week’s no-show in Fresno. —Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

sportswriter

noun

sports·​writ·​er ˈspō(ə)rts-ˌrīt-ər 

ˈspȯ(ə)rts-

: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)