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sportswriting

sportswriting

1 3.4
Creating articles and reports about sports events
  • noun
  • /ˈspɔrtsˌraɪtɪŋ/
  • Literature
: periodismo deportivo
  • 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

  • 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.

  • His passion for sportswriting led him to write features on everything from local games to the Olympics.

  • She will be presenting her latest sportswriting piece about the championship game at the conference next month.

How Sports-Focused

sportswriting
  • Literature
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newswriting
  • Literature
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reporting
  • Literature
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Surface Forms

sportswriting singular

Morphology

sportswriting = sports + writing (transparent) = sports + writing

Meaning is a straightforward combination of 'sports' and 'writing' = writing about sports.

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.