Sportswriting
Sportswriting is a form of journalism who writes and reports on sports topics and events.
Ernest Hemingway's writing could perhaps be considered in this category due to his love for hunting, fishing and boxing. Bernard Malamud also wrote powerfully about baseball in his novel The Natural.
The Associated Press Sports Editors runs training programs in the USA for sports journalists.
Within newspapers, the sports department is sometimes called the "toy department," but sportswriters face much more deadline pressure than most other reporters.
Historical sportswriters
Current sportswriters for major publications
Arizona Republic
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Tony Barnhart [7]
- Furman Bisher [8]
- Mark Bradley [9]
- Curtis Bunn [10]
- Michelle Hiskey [11]
- Steve Hummer [12]
- Darryl Maxie [13]
- Terence Moore [14]
- Jeff Schultz [15]
- MikeTierney [16]
- Tim Tucker [17]
Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
- Jim Baker [24]
- Steve Buckley [25]
- Gerry Callahan [26]
- Michael Gee [27]
- Karen Guregian [28]
- George Kimball [29]
- Kevin Mannix [30]
- Tony Massarotti [31]
Buffalo News
- Bob Dicesare [32]
- Larry Felser [33]
- Mark Gaughan [34]
- Bucky Gleason [35]
- Mike Harrington [36]
- Amy Moritz [37]
- Jerry Sullivan [38]
- Allen Wilson [39]
- Other Columns [40]
Charlotte Observer
- Rick Bonnell [41]
- Gregg Doyel [42]
- Scott Fowler [43]
- Ron Green Sr. [44]
- Ron Green Jr. [45]
- Stan Olson [46]
- David Poole [47]
- David Scott [48]
- Tom Sorensen [49]
- Pat Yasinskas [50]
Chicago Sun-Times
- Lacy J. Banks [51]
- John Jackson [52]
- Jay Mariotti [53]
- Ron Rapoport [54]
- Carol Slezak [55]
- Rick Telander [56]
Chicago Tribune
- Mike Downey [57]
- Rick Morrissey [58]
- Lew Freedman [59]
- Melissa Isaacson [60]
- Fred Mitchell [61]
- Don Pierson [62]
- Phil Rogers [63]
- Steve Rosenbloom [64]
- Ed Sherman [65]
- Sam Smith [66]
- Barry Temkin [67]
- Bob Verdi [68]
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dallas Morning News
- Kevin B. Blackistone [74]
- Tim Cowlishaw [75]
- Gerry Fraley [76]
- Frank Luksa [77]
- Kevin Sherrington [78]
Denver Post
- Jim Armstrong [79]
- Neil H. Devlin [80]
- Terry Frei [81]
- Mark Kiszla [82]
- Mike Klis [83]
- John Meyer [84]
- Charlie Meyers [85]
- Woody Paige [86]
- Adam Schefter [87]
- Marc J. Spears [88]
Deseret News
Detroit Free Press
- Mitch Albom [94]
- Drew Sharp [95]
Detroit News
Florida Times-Union
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Wendell Barnhouse [104]
- Jimmy Burch [105]
- Jeff Caplan [106]
- Mac Engel [107]
- Jennifer Floyd [108]
- Randy Galloway [109]
- Art Garcia [110]
- Len Hayward [111]
- Brett Hoffman [112]
- Bob Hood [113]
- Mike Jones [114]
- Gil LeBreton [115]
- Kathleen O'Brien [116]
- Charles Polansky [117]
- Tim Price [118]
- Jim Reeves [119]
- John Sturbin [120]
- T.R. Sullivan [121]
- Laura Weisskopf [122]
- Richie Whitt [123]
- Charean Williams [124]
Fresno Bee
- John Branch [125]
- Milo F. Bryant [126]
- John Canzano [127]
Green Bay News-Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
- David Barron [131]
- Fran Blinebury [132]
- MK Bower [133]
- Steve Campbell [134]
- Joe Doggett [135]
- Jonathan Feigen [136]
- Niki Herbert [137]
- Mickey Herskowitz [138]
- Richard Justice [139]
- John P. Lopez [140]
- Megan Manfull [141]
- John McClain [142]
- Doug Pike [143]
- Dale Robertson [144]
- Shannon Tompkins [145]
Indianapolis Star
Kansas City Star
Las Vegas Review Journal
- Richard Eng [152]
- Royce Feour [153]
- Joe Hawk [154]
- Jeff Wolf [155]
- Las Vegas Sun [156]
- Adam Candee [157]
- Jeff Haney [158]
- Brian Hildebrand [159]
- Dean Juipe [160]
- Ron Kantowski [161]
Long Island Newsday
- Barbara Barker [162]
- Robert Cassidy [163]
- Chuck Culpepper [164]
- Michael Dobie [165]
- Joe Gergen [166]
- Bob Glauber [167]
- Alan Hahn [168]
- Mark Herrmann [169]
- Jon Heyman [170]
- Johnette Howard [171]
- Steve Jacobsen [172]
- Steven Marcus [173]
- Jason Molinet [174]
- Ed McNamara [175]
- Shaun Powell [176]
- Tim Rock [177]
- Jerry Trecker [178]
- Jeff Williams [179]
- Steve Zipay [180]
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times
- Thomas Bonk [183]
- Bill Christine [184]
- Lisa Dillman [185]
- Chris Dufresne [186]
- Helene Elliott [187]
- Sam Farmer [188]
- Shav Glick [189]
- Randy Harvey [190]
- Mark Heisler [191]
- Ross Newhan [192]
- Grahame L. Jones [193]
- Robyn Norwood [194]
- Mike Penner [195]
- Diane Pucin [196]
- Bill Plaschke [197]
- T.J. Simers [198]
- Steve Springer [199]
- Larry Stewart [200]
- Pete Thomas [201]
- Lonnie White [202]
Miami Herald
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Gary D'Amato [208]
- Tom Enlund [209]
- Dale Hofmann [210]
- Michael Hunt [211]
- Drew Olson [212]
- Bob Wolfley [213]
Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Dan Barreiro [214]
- Sid Hartman [215]
- Patrick Reusse [216]
New Orleans Times-Picayune
New York Daily News
- Filip Bondy [220]
- Bill Gallo [221]
- Hank Gola [222]
- John Harper [223]
- Edward Jackowski [224]
- Jerry Kenney [225]
- Mitch Lawrence [226]
- Mike Lupica [227]
- Bill Madden [228]
- Gary Myers [229]
- Lisa Olson [230]
- Mighty Quinn [231]
- Bob Raissman [232]
- Sherry Ross [233]
- The Slammer [234]
- Tim Smith [235]
- Dick Weiss [236]
- Vic Ziegel [237]
New York Post
- Marc Berman [238]
- Larry Brooks [239]
- Mark Cannizzaro [240]
- George King [241]
- Tom Keegan [242]
- Fred Kerber [243]
- Kevin Kernan [244]
- Andrew Marchand [245]
- Michael Morrissey [246]
- Paul Schwartz [247]
- Peter Vecsey [248]
New York Times
- Dave Anderson [249]
- Harvey Araton [250]
- Ira Berkow [251]
- Mike Freeman [252]
- William C. Rhoden [253]
- Richard Sandomir [254]
- George Vecsey [255]
Oakland Tribune
Orange County Register
- Steve Bisheff [261]
- Steve Fryer [262]
- Michael Lev [263]
- John Reger [264]
- Marcia Smith [265]
- Dave Strege [266]
- Mark Whicker [267]
- Randy Youngman [268]
The Oregonian
Orlando Sentinel
- Mike Bianchi [274]
- Jerry Brewer [275]
- George Diaz [276]
- Jerry Greene [277]
- Chris Harry [278]
- Brian Schmitz [279]
- David Whitley [280]
Palm Beach Post
Philadelphia Daily News
- Bill Conlin [285]
- Paul Domowitch [286]
- Sam Donnellon [287]
- Bernard Fernandez [288]
- Rich Hofmann [289]
- Phil Jasner [290]
- Dick Jerardi [291]
- Kevin Mulligan [292]
- John Smallwood [293]
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Mike Bruton [294]
- Sam Carchidi [295]
- Bob Ford [296]
- Joe Logan [297]
- Bill Lyon [298]
- Tim Panaccio [299]
- Jim Salisbury [300]
- Phil Sheridan [301]
- Stephen A. Smith [302]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Rocky Mountain News
- Sam Adams [313]
- Jim Benton [314]
- B.G. Brooks [315]
- Lynn DeBruin [316]
- Jack Etkin [317]
- Dave Krieger [318]
- Bernie Lincicome [319]
- Marcia Neville [320]
- Paula Parrish [321]
- Chris Tomasson [322]
- Tracy Ringolsby [323]
- Rick Sadowski [324]
- Gerry Valerio [325]
- Scott Stocker [326]
Sacramento Bee
- Marcos Bretón [327]
- Joe Davidson [328]
- Scott Howard-Cooper [329]
- Mark Kreidler [330]
- Ailene Voisin [331]
Salt Lake Tribune
San-Antonio Express-News
- Dan Cook [336]
- Mike Finger [337]
- David Flores [338]
- Tim Griffin [339]
- Buck Harvey [340]
- David King [341]
- Richard Oliver [342]
- Tom Orsborn [343]
- Harry Page [344]
- Ken Rodriguez [345]
- Glenn Rogers [346]
- Ron Henry Strait [347]
- John Whisler [348]
San Francisco Chronicle
- Bruce Adams [349]
- Betting Fool [350]
- David Bush [351]
- Mark Camps [352]
- Dwight Chapin [353]
- John Crumpacker [354]
- Jake Curtis [355]
- Glenn Dickey [356]
- Mark Fainaru-Wada [357]
- Tom FitzGerald [358]
- Susan Fornoff [359]
- Nancy Gay [360]
- Dan Giesin [361]
- Brian Hoffman [362]
- Bruce Jenkins [363]
- Gwen Knapp [364]
- Ron Kroichick [365]
- Steve Kroner [366]
- Kevin Lynch [367]
- Paul McHugh [368]
- Ross McKeon [369]
- Ira Miller [370]
- Brian Murphy [371]
- Jorge L. Ortiz [372]
- Scott Ostler [373]
- Ray Ratto [374]
- Henry Schulman [375]
- John Shea [376]
- Susan Slusser [377]
- Michelle Smith [378]
- David Steele [379]
- Mitch Stephens [380]
- Tom Stienstra [381]
- Brad Weinstein [382]
San Diego Union-Tribune
- Alan Drooz [383]
- Chris Jenkins [384]
- Jerry Magee [385]
- Tim Sullivan [386]
San Jose Mercury
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Times
- Les Carpenter [396]
- Ron C. Judd [397]
- Steve Kelley [398]
- Blaine Newnham [399]
- Dwight Perry [400]
- Craig Smith [401]
- Larry Stone [402]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Jeff Gordon [403]
- Bernie Miklasz [404]
- Bryan Burwell [405]
- Dan O'Neill [406]
- Rick Hummel [407]
- Dan Caesar [408]
- Tim Renken [409]
- Kathleen Nelson [410]
- Vahe Gregorian [411]
- Tom Timmermann [412]
St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Petersburg Times
Tampa Tribune
- Mick Elliot [419]
- Martin Fennelly [420]
- Joe Henderson [421]
- Joey Johnston [422]
- Frank Sargeant [423]
USA Today
- Kevin Allen [424]
- Mel Antonen [425]
- Rod Beaton [426]
- Mike Berman [427]
- Hal Bodley [428]
- Stephen Borelli [429]
- Christine Brennan [430]
- Tom Clark [431]
- Beau Dure [432]
- Max Emfinger [433]
- Gordon Forbes [434]
- Steve Gardner [435]
- Michael Hiestand [436]
- Steve Howard [437]
- Chris Jenkins [438]
- Mike Lopresti [439]
- Rudy Martzke [440]
- Ted Montgomery [441]
- Peter O'Brien [442]
- Jon Saraceno [443]
- Pete Simpkinson [444]
- Doug Smith [445]
- Erick Smith [446]
- Dick Vitale [447]
- Kenneth A. Williams [448]
- Jeff Zillgitt [449]
Washington Post
- Andrew Beyer [450]
- Thomas Boswell [451]
- John Feinstein [452]
- William Gildea [453]
- Sally Jenkins [454]
- Tony Kornheiser [455]
- Angus Phillips [456]
- Leonard Shapiro [457]
- Michael Wilbon [458]
Washington Times
ESPN.com
- David Aldridge [463]
- Nick Bakay [464]
- Jay Bilas [465]
- Jeff Bradley [466]
- Bob Brookover [467]
- Dave Campbell [468]
- Mark Cannizzaro [469]
- Jim Caple [470]
- John Clayton [471]
- Lee Corso [472]
- Michael Davies [473]
- Jeffrey Denberg [474]
- Wayne Drehs [475]
- Gregg Easterbrook [476]
- Pat Forde [477]
- Chris Fowler [478]
- Peter Gammons [479]
- Greg Garber [480]
- David Halberstam [481]
- Kirk Herbstreit [482]
- Jeff Hollobaugh [483]
- Scott Howard-Cooper [484]
- Frank Hughes [485]
- Eric Immerman [486]
- Tom Jackson [487]
- Andy Katz [488]
- Tim Keown [489]
- Mel Kiper, Jr. [490]
- Marlo Klain [491]
- Bob Klapisch [492]
- Mark Kreidler [493]
- Tim Kurkjian [494]
- Mitch Lawrence [495]
- Bob Ley [496]
- Nancy Lieberman-Cline [497]
- Nancy Marrapese-Burrell [498]
- Peter May [499]
- Sean McAdam [500]
- Al Morganti [501]
- Chris Mortensen [502]
- Beth Mowins [503]
- Brian Murphy [504]
- Jeff Merron [505]
- Rob Neyer [506]
- Eric Neel [507]
- Tom Oates [508]
- Dan Patrick [509]
- Ray Ratto [510]
- Phil Rogers [511]
- Charley Rosen [512]
- Dan Shanoff [513]
- Bill Simmons [514]
- Michelle Smith [515]
- Shelley Smith [516]
- Jayson Stark [517]
- Mark Stein [518]
- Hunter S. Thompson [519]
- Dick Vitale [520]
- Mechelle Voepel [521]
- Jason Whitlock [522]
- Ralph Wiley [523]
- Adrian Wojnarowski [524]
- Gene Wojciechowski [525]
- Matt Yocum [526]
CNN/SI.com
- Don Banks [527]
- Mark Bechtel [528]
- Marty Burns [529]
- Stephen Cannella [530]
- Brian Cazeneuve [531]
- B. Duane Cross [532]
- Seth Davis [533]
- Frank Deford [534]
- Jon A. Dolezar [535]
- John Donovan [536]
- Darren Eliot [537]
- Michael Farber [538]
- Mike Fish [539]
- Tom Hanson [540]
- John Garrity [541]
- Roy S. Johnson [542]
- Kostya Kennedy [543]
- Kelley King [544]
- Peter King [545]
- Tim Layden [546]
- Stewart Mandel [547]
- Gabriele Marcotti [548]
- Jack McCallum [549]
- Lester Munson [550]
- Pedro Pinto [551]
- Rick Reilly [552]
- Steve Rushin [553]
- Alan Shipnuck [554]
- Michael Silver [555]
- Phil Taylor [556]
- Ian Thomsen [557]
- Gary Van Sickle [558]
- Tom Verducci [559]
- David Vecsey [560]
- Grant Wahl [561]
- Jon Wertheim [562]
- Alexander Wolff [563]
- Paul Zimmerman [564]
CBS Sportsline.com
- Dennis Dodd [565]
- Mike Kahn [566]
- Jay Glazer [567]
- Wes Goldstein [568]
- Rick Horrow [569]
- Scott Miller [570]
- Pete Prisco [571]
- Dan Wetzel [572]
The Sporting News
- Paul Attner [573]
- John Benson [574]
- Dave Darling [575]
- Mike Decourcy [576]
- Sean Deveney [577]
- Tom Dienhart [578]
- Dennis Dillon [579]
- Paul Grant [580]
- Matt Hayes [581]
- Gary Horton [582]
- Vinnie Iyer [583]
- Todd Jones [584]
- Jason Langendorf [585]
- Dave Kindred [586]
- Stan McNeal [587]
- Dan Pompei [588]
- Fritz Quindt [589]
- Ken Rosenthal [590]
- Ray Slover [591]
- Lee Spencer [592]
- David Srinivasan [593]
Current sportswriters for major European papers
Daily Telegraph (UK)
External links
Associated Press Sports Editors
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