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sports writer

sports writer

12 2.6
A reporter who writes about sports games and players
  • noun
  • /spɔrts ˈraɪtər/
  • Literature
translation icon : periodista deportivo
  • Many sports writers aim to give fans an inside look at their favorite teams.
  • sports writers and fans
  • sports writers and readers

And I learned from Jackie McMullen, the great sports writer, that Bob Cousy was a driving instructor during the offseason.

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Examples

  • Paula Pasche, a veteran sports writer, covers the Lions for The Oakland Press.

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  • Don Benevento has worked as a sports writer at the Courier-Post for 38 years.

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  • I read an article yesterday by a sports writer, I think, who meant well, and I think his message was correct.

  • Good sports writers are hard to find.

  • I was a writer, a sports writer.

  • Dick was a great sports writer and journalist and amazing man.

  • Every sports writer in America talked about Buster as the next heavyweight champion of the world.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Shannon Russell is an award-winning sports writer who has worked at The Enquirer for more than a decade.

    Blog text (33)
  • Max Luckan lives in Tampa, FL, and is a sports writer covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NFL.

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  • As a sports writer, she covers the latest football matches and interviews players.

Synonyms

sportswriter
vssports writer
  • Literature
29 2.9

A journalist who writes about sports events and players

is written as two separate words with identical meaning

How Specialized

sports writer
  • Literature
12 2.6
columnist
  • Literature
356 3.8
reporter
  • Literature
1.1

Surface Forms

sports writer singular

Morphology

sport + writer

The meaning 'a journalist who writes about sports' is directly compositional from 'sport' (sports) + 'writer' (someone who writes), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This noun-compound pattern is productive and common across languages, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Sports writer joins sports and writer into one simple idea. Imagine a person at a game with a notebook, watching the action and writing stories about teams and players, so it means 'a journalist who writes about sports'.