sportswriter

noun

sports·​writ·​er ˈspȯrts-ˌrī-tər How to pronounce sportswriter (audio)
variants or less commonly sports writer or sports-writer
Synonyms of sportswriternext
: 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 How to pronounce sportswriter (audio)
noun
or sports writing

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This matchup has been so wild that every game seems to send sportswriters searching through the record books for precedent. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 June 2026 If the coaches and the sportswriters disagreed, oh well, two title-holders. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 23 June 2026 There are few things in this world more sanctimonious and hypocritical than left-wing sportswriters getting on their faux moral high horse. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Former Orlando Sentinel sportswriter George Diaz reflects on the same theme that many others remember. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sportswriter

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First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sportswriter was in 1907

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sportswriter

noun
sports·​writ·​er ˈspō(ə)rts-ˌrīt-ər How to pronounce sportswriter (audio)
ˈspȯ(ə)rts-
: a person who writes about sports (as for a newspaper)

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