sportswriter
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Few events in American life are more overexposed, over-promoted and over-discussed than the Super Bowl—and I say that as a sportswriter who’s a gleeful part of the plague.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
This indicator traces its existence to sportswriter Leonard Koppett, a member of the baseball Hall of Fame, who wrote about his “discovery” in the February 1978 issue of the Sporting News.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
"The hype was off the charts," says New York-based sportswriter Ian O'Connor.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
One time, a teenage girl, writing for her high school newspaper, was roughly shunted aside by the sportswriter pack before a Cincinnati Reds game.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
A sportswriter once wrote that Fischer was the fastest walker he ever saw outside of an Olympian.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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