sportswriting
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- noun
- /ˈspɔrtsˌraɪtɪŋ/
- Literature
- Rightfully so: the word "chump" is strictly in the "clownfraud" school of sportswriting, and its use is far less excusable than thinking someone's way of boots-knocking is weird.
- women's sportswriting
- American sportswriting
- great sportswriting
Examples
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In the comments below, tell us about a piece of sportswriting that really affected you.
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The Power and Glory of Sportswriting
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Mark Purdy, who became the lead columnist there around that time, was my first sportswriting hero.
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As was the case in San Antone, they showed grit and determination and every other sportswriting cliché for rugged persistence and put themselves in position to steal a win.
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The journalist dedicated her career to sportswriting, covering major events and interviews with athletes.
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His passion for sportswriting led him to write features on everything from local games to the Olympics.
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She will be presenting her latest sportswriting piece about the championship game at the conference next month.
How Sports-Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sportswriting is a simple combination of sport, a word that originally meant 'play' or 'amusement', and writing, which is putting words on a page. So sportswriting means writing about games, players and sporting events.