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sportswriter

[ spawrts-rahy-ter, spohrts- ]

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • sportswriting noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sportswriter1

First recorded in 1900–05; sports + writer
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Example Sentences

Sportswriters guessed where snow might fall based on ski area reports from farther west, but the industry lacked computer technology and theoretical formulas to make sufficiently accurate predictions.

A former sportswriter, Hurney worked at The Washington Star and once covered Washington’s NFL team for The Washington Times.

Sportswriter Rob Rang concurred in a CBS sports piece titled: "Examining why Michael Sam's NFL Draft stock is falling."

The sportswriter had the right idea when he left Maddux off; just for the wrong reasons.

“All his thoughts were on Mom,” the sportswriter Fred Lieb wrote later.

ESPN has a niche website for fine sports writing named Grantland after the famous sportswriter of the 1920s, Grantland Rice.

Sports Illustrated wondered why any sportswriter would criticize an athlete for being too open and honest.

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