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sportswriter

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[spawrts-rahy-ter, spohrts-] / ˈspɔrtsˌraɪ tər, ˈspoʊrts- /

noun

  1. a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.


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Origin of sportswriter

First recorded in 1900–05; sports + writer

Example Sentences

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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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