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

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

Ole Miss sportswriter Brad Logan from 247Sports joins the show to preview the Arkansas basketball vs. Ole Miss matchup. —Christina Long, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025

Predictions Kyle Newman, sportswriter: CSU 31, Wyoming 23 Avery Morrow tops the 100-yard mark for the fifth time this season, with two touchdowns on the ground. —Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 14 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)