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Recent Examples of sportswriter
Uecker likely is best known among non-sports fans for playing frumpy sportswriter George Owens on ABC’s Mr. Belvedere from 1985-90.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
After years of college football fans begging for a playoff format to replace the National Championship game being selected by the sportswriters, 2014 delivered the inaugural four-team College Football playoffs.
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This quiz will tell you who to root for to win (or lose) it all
The sport has come a long way from the days when the votes of sportswriters and coaches would — often unsatisfyingly — settle debates about who is No. 1.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Outside of late-night, Uecker co-starred for six seasons on the sitcom Mr. Belvedere, playing sportswriter and father George Owens, who employed the titular butler.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
After years of college football fans begging for a playoff format to replace the National Championship game being selected by the sportswriters, 2014 delivered the inaugural four-team College Football playoffs.
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This quiz will tell you who to root for to win (or lose) it all
The sport has come a long way from the days when the votes of sportswriters and coaches would — often unsatisfyingly — settle debates about who is No. 1.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Outside of late-night, Uecker co-starred for six seasons on the sitcom Mr. Belvedere, playing sportswriter and father George Owens, who employed the titular butler.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportswriter
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Source: The National Weather Service This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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In Nicole Cuffy’s new novel, journalist Faruq Zaidi embeds himself inside a California cult following the death of his devout Muslim father.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
1 Mar. 2025
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The severity of Walker’s injury is unclear, but Espada told reporters Thursday that the 34-year-old first baseman will travel to Houston for an MRI.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Cohen Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman and trailblazing Black journalist, died Wednesday, his former news channel, KTVU announced.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ford himself moved shiny-eyed into the press of newsmen, extending handshakes and thanks.—
Peter Goldman,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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She has since been replaced by acting Commissioner Lee Dudek, who confirmed that DOGE staffers will not be able to make changes to agency systems, benefit payments or other information.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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But another judge cleared the way for the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers off the job.—
Steve Peoples,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Michael Schulman is our on-the-ground correspondent at the Dolby Theatre, where the ceremony—hosted by Conan O’Brien—begins at 7 P.M. E.T.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Behind the scenes with the best picture nominees for the 2025 Oscars Remembering two-time Oscar-winner Gene Hackman The hidden side of Johnny Carson In: The Washington Post Norah O'Donnell Norah O'Donnell is CBS News' senior correspondent and a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent.—
Norah O'Donnell,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Born in the Bronx, Katz got his start as a stringer with The New York Times, paying his dues during the early 1960s before moving to the newspaper’s sports desk.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Historic photos show fishermen in the Malibu estuary and elsewhere pulling up stringers full of the hefty fish that can grow up to 2 feet, according to Russell Marlow, South Coast senior project manager for California Trout, a conservation group.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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McCarthy’s office had hired two newspapermen from the Washington Times-Herald to assemble the speech text for him.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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The first was formed in 1874 by newspaperman Frank Daggett.—
Danelle Erickson,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2024
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The move back inside comes with a new plan to put dedicated police reporters on an accelerated security line.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The series was adapted from Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, a non-fiction book by then-Baltimore Sun police reporter David Simon.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2024
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportswriter. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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