sportswriter
Americannoun
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Origin of sportswriter
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BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter, Tom English, was equally impressed and saw a striker who can "tear up this league".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the middle of an otherwise routine article of jocular sportswriter predictions on The Athletic, Canadian journalist Joshua Kloke explained why he’s bringing his seven-year-old son to a match this year.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
Walking the streets, he was spotted by a sportswriter he knew from his previous career.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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