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.—
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The 1975 meeting was the first for former Times sportswriter Mike Kennedy.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Uecker likely is best known among non-sports fans for playing frumpy sportswriter George Owens on ABC’s Mr. Belvedere from 1985-90.
—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
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Uecker likely is best known among non-sports fans for playing frumpy sportswriter George Owens on ABC’s Mr. Belvedere from 1985-90.
—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
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“Sportswriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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sportswriter
noun
sports·writ·er
ˈspō(ə)rts-ˌrīt-ər
ˈspȯ(ə)rts-
: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)
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