Sportswriting (also "sports writing") is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events.

Within newspapers, the sports department is sometimes mockingly called the "toy department," because sports journalists concern themselves with games rather than 'serious' topics like politics, crime, business, etc. However, sports stories often transcend the games themselves and take on socio-political significance; Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball is an example of this. Sportswriters face much more deadline pressure than most other reporters, because sporting events tend to occur late in the day. Many of the most talented and respected print journalists have been sportswriters.

Historical sportswriters

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• George W. Daley
• Dan Daniel
• Pierce Egan
• W.C. Heinz
• Leonard Koppett
• Ring Lardner
• Shirley Povich
• Grantland Rice
• Red Smith

Current sportswriters for major publications

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The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)

• Michelangelo Rucci
• Boti Nagy (basketball)

The Age (Melbourne, Australia)

• Greg Baum
• Dermott Brereton
• Rohan Connolly
• Martin Flanagan
• Jake Niall
• Emma Quayle
• Robert Walls
• Tim Watson
• Caroline Wilson

Arizona Republic

• Dan Bickley ^*
• Paola Boivin ^*
• John Davis ^*
• John Gambadoro ^*
• Jim Gintonio ^*
• Don Ketchum ^*

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• Tony Barnhart ^*
• Furman Bisher ^*
• Mark Bradley ^*
• Curtis Bunn ^*
• Michelle Hiskey ^*
• Steve Hummer ^*
• Darryl Maxie ^*
• Terence Moore ^*
• Jeff Schultz ^*
• MikeTierney ^*
• Tim Tucker ^*

Baltimore Sun

• John Eisenberg ^*
• Ray Frager ^*
• Milton Kent ^*
• Rick Maese ^*
• Mike Preston ^*
• Peter Schmuck ^*
• David Steele ^*

Boston Globe

• Will McDonough ^*
• Jackie MacMullan ^*
• Bob Ryan ^*
• Dan Shaughnessy ^*
• Ron Borges

Boston Herald

• Jim Baker ^*
• Steve Buckley ^*
• Gerry Callahan ^*
• Michael Gee ^*
• Karen Guregian ^*
• George Kimball ^*
• Kevin Mannix ^*
• Tony Massarotti ^*

The Buffalo News

• Bob Dicesare ^*
• Larry Felser ^*
• Mark Gaughan ^*
• Bucky Gleason ^*
• Mike Harrington ^*
• Amy Moritz ^*
• Jerry Sullivan ^*
• Allen Wilson ^*
• Other Columns ^*

Charlotte Observer

• Rick Bonnell ^*
• Scott Fowler ^*
• Ron Green Sr. ^*
• Ron Green Jr. ^*
• Stan Olson ^*
• David Poole ^*
• David Scott ^*
• Tom Sorensen ^*
• Pat Yasinskas ^*

Chicago Sun-Times

• Lacy J. Banks ^*
• John Jackson ^*
• Jay Mariotti ^*
• Ron Rapoport ^*
• Carol Slezak ^*
• Rick Telander ^*

Chicago Tribune

• Mike Downey ^*
• Lew Freedman ^*
• Teddy Greenstein ^*
• Melissa Isaacson ^*
• Fred Mitchell ^*
• Rick Morrissey ^*
• Don Pierson ^*
• Phil Rogers ^*
• Steve Rosenbloom ^*
• Ed Sherman ^*
• Sam Smith ^*
• Barry Temkin ^*
• Bob Verdi ^*

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Paul Daugherty ^*
• Tim Sullivan ^*

Cleveland Plain Dealer

• Roger Brown ^*
• Bill Livingston ^*
• Bud Shaw ^*

The Dallas Morning News

• Kevin B. Blackistone ^*
• Tim Cowlishaw ^*
• Gerry Fraley ^*
• Frank Luksa ^*
• Kevin Sherrington ^*

The Denver Post

• Jim Armstrong ^*
• Neil H. Devlin ^*
• Terry Frei ^*
• Mark Kiszla ^*
• Mike Klis ^*
• John Meyer ^*
• Charlie Meyers ^*
• Woody Paige ^*
• Adam Schefter ^*
• Marc J. Spears ^*

Deseret News

• Rich Evans ^*
• Loren Jorgensen ^*
• Doug Robinson ^*
• Brad Rock ^*
• Mike Sorensen ^*

Detroit Free Press

• Mitch Albom ^*
• Drew Sharp ^*
• Michael Rosenborg

Detroit News

• Joe Falls ^*
• Terry Foster ^*
• Jerry Green ^*
• Rob Parker ^*
• Bob Wojnowski ^*

Florida Times-Union

• Larry Dennis ^*
• Gene Frenette ^*
• Joe Julavits ^*

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Wendell Barnhouse ^*
• Jimmy Burch ^*
• Jeff Caplan ^*
• Mac Engel ^*
• Jennifer Floyd ^*
• Randy Galloway ^*
• Art Garcia ^*
• Len Hayward ^*
• Brett Hoffman ^*
• Bob Hood ^*
• Mike Jones ^*
• Gil LeBreton ^*
• Kathleen O'Brien ^*
• Charles Polansky ^*
• Tim Price ^*
• Jim Reeves ^*
• John Sturbin ^*
• T.R. Sullivan ^*
• Laura Weisskopf ^*
• Richie Whitt ^*
• Charean Williams ^*

The Fresno Bee

• John Branch ^*
• Milo F. Bryant ^*
• John Canzano ^*

Green Bay News-Chronicle

• Bill Huber ^*
• Todd McMahon ^*
• Doug Ritchay ^*

Herald Sun

• Damien Barrett
• James Hird
• Howard Kotton
• Michael Lynch
• Jon Ralph
• Mark Robinson
• Mike Sheahan
• Daryl Timms
• Bruce Wilson

Houston Chronicle

• David Barron ^*
• Fran Blinebury ^*
• MK Bower ^*
• Steve Campbell ^*
• Joe Doggett ^*
• Jonathan Feigen ^*
• Niki Herbert ^*
• Mickey Herskowitz ^*
• Richard Justice ^*
• John P. Lopez ^*
• Megan Manfull ^*
• John McClain ^*
• Doug Pike ^*
• Dale Robertson ^*
• Shannon Tompkins ^*

The Indianapolis Star

• C. Jemal Horton ^*
• Bob Kravitz ^*

The Kansas City Star

• Jeffrey Flanagan ^*
• Blair Kerkhoff ^*
• Joe Posnanski ^*
• Jason Whitlock ^*

Las Vegas Review Journal

• Richard Eng ^*
• Royce Feour ^*
• Joe Hawk ^*
• Jeff Wolf ^*

Las Vegas Sun

• Jeff Haney ^*
• Brian Hilderbrand ^*
• Ron Kantowski ^*
• Rob Miech

Long Island Newsday

• Barbara Barker ^*
• Robert Cassidy ^*
• Chuck Culpepper ^*
• Michael Dobie ^*
• Joe Gergen ^*
• Bob Glauber ^*
• Alan Hahn ^*
• Mark Herrmann ^*
• Jon Heyman ^*
• Johnette Howard ^*
• Steve Jacobsen ^*
• Steven Marcus ^*
• Jason Molinet ^*
• Ed McNamara ^*
• Shaun Powell ^*
• Tim Rock ^*
• Jerry Trecker ^*
• Jeff Williams ^*
• Steve Zipay ^*

Los Angeles Daily News

• Steve Dilbeck ^*
• Kevin Modesti ^*

Los Angeles Times

• J.A. Adande ^*
• Thomas Bonk ^*
• Bill Christine ^*
• Lisa Dillman ^*
• Chris Dufresne ^*
• Helene Elliott ^*
• Sam Farmer ^*
• Shav Glick ^*
• Randy Harvey ^*
• Mark Heisler ^*
• Ross Newhan ^*
• Grahame L. Jones ^*
• Robyn Norwood ^*
• Mike Penner ^*
• Diane Pucin ^*
• Bill Plaschke ^*
• T.J. Simers ^*
• Steve Springer ^*
• Larry Stewart ^*
• Pete Thomas ^*
• Lonnie White ^*

Miami Herald

• Greg Cote ^*
• Dan Le Batard ^*
• Jeff Miller ^*
• Edwin Pope ^*
• Linda Robertson ^*

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Gary D'Amato ^*
• Tom Enlund ^*
• Dale Hofmann ^*
• Michael Hunt ^*
• Drew Olson ^*
• Bob Wolfley ^*

Minneapolis Star Tribune

• Sid Hartman ^*
• Patrick Reusse ^*
• Jim Souhan ^*

Montreal Gazette

• Pat Hickey ^*
• Mike Boone ^*
• Red Fisher ^*
• Chris Brownstein ^*

New Orleans Times-Picayune

• John DeShazier ^*
• Peter Finney ^*
• Dave Lagarde ^*

New York Daily News

• Filip Bondy ^*
• Bill Gallo ^*
• Hank Gola ^*
• John Harper ^*
• Edward Jackowski ^*
• Jerry Kenney ^*
• Mitch Lawrence ^*
• Mike Lupica ^*
• Bill Madden ^*
• Gary Myers ^*
• Lisa Olson ^*
• Mighty Quinn ^*
• Bob Raissman ^*
• Sherry Ross ^*
• The Slammer ^*
• Tim Smith ^*
• Dick Weiss ^*
• Vic Ziegel ^*

New York Post

• Marc Berman ^*
• Larry Brooks ^*
• Mark Cannizzaro ^*
• George King ^*
• Fred Kerber ^*
• Kevin Kernan ^*
• Andrew Marchand ^*
• Michael Morrissey ^*
• Paul Schwartz ^*
• Peter Vecsey ^*

The New York Times

• Ricardo Iglesias^*
• Dave Anderson ^*
• Harvey Araton ^*
• Ira Berkow ^*
• Mike Freeman ^*
• William C. Rhoden ^*
• Richard Sandomir ^*
• George Vecsey ^*

Oakland Tribune

• Dave Del Grande ^*
• Dave Newhouse ^*
• Monte Poole ^*
• Art Spander ^*
• Carl Steward ^*

The Orange County Register

• Steve Bisheff ^*
• Steve Fryer ^*
• Michael Lev ^*
• John Reger ^*
• Marcia Smith ^*
• Dave Strege ^*
• Mark Whicker ^*
• Randy Youngman ^*

The Oregonian

• Jerry Boone ^*
• John Canzano ^*
• Brian Meehan ^*
• Bill Monroe ^*
• Bob Robinson ^*

Orlando Sentinel

• Mike Bianchi ^*
• Jerry Brewer ^*
• George Diaz ^*
• Jerry Greene ^*
• Chris Harry ^*
• Brian Schmitz ^*
• David Whitley ^*

Palm Beach Post

• Karen Crouse ^*
• Charles Elmore ^*
• Dave George ^*
• Greg Stoda ^*

Philadelphia Daily News

• Bill Conlin ^*
• Paul Domowitch ^*
• Sam Donnellon ^*
• Bernard Fernandez ^*
• Rich Hofmann ^*
• Phil Jasner ^*
• Dick Jerardi ^*
• Kevin Mulligan ^*
• John Smallwood ^*

The Philadelphia Inquirer

• Mike Bruton ^*
• Sam Carchidi ^*
• Bob Ford ^*
• Joe Logan ^*
• Bill Lyon ^*
• Tim Panaccio ^*
• Jim Salisbury ^*
• Phil Sheridan ^*
• Stephen A. Smith ^*

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Ron Cook ^*
• Chuck Finder ^*
• Mark Madden ^*
• Stan Savran ^*
• Bob Smizik ^*

Providence Journal-Bulletin

• Tom E. Curran ^*
• Jim Donaldson ^*
• Tom Meade ^*
• Bill Reynolds ^*
• Mike Szostak ^*

Rocky Mountain News

• Sam Adams ^*
• Jim Benton ^*
• B.G. Brooks ^*
• Lynn DeBruin ^*
• Jack Etkin ^*
• Dave Krieger ^*
• Bernie Lincicome ^*
• Marcia Neville ^*
• Paula Parrish ^*
• Chris Tomasson ^*
• Tracy Ringolsby ^*
• Rick Sadowski ^*
• Gerry Valerio ^*
• Scott Stocker ^*

The Sacramento Bee

• Marcos Bretón ^*
• Joe Davidson ^*
• Scott Howard-Cooper ^*
• Mark Kreidler ^*
• Ailene Voisin ^*

The Salt Lake Tribune

• Patrick Kinahan ^*
• Steve Luhm ^*
• Gordon Monson ^*
• Dick Rosetta ^*

San Antonio Express-News

• Dan Cook ^*
• Mike Finger ^*
• David Flores ^*
• Tim Griffin ^*
• Buck Harvey ^*
• David King ^*
• Richard Oliver ^*
• Tom Orsborn ^*
• Harry Page ^*
• Ken Rodriguez ^*
• Glenn Rogers ^*
• Ron Henry Strait ^*
• John Whisler ^*

San Francisco Chronicle

• Bruce Adams ^*
• Betting Fool ^*
• David Bush ^*
• Mark Camps ^*
• Dwight Chapin ^*
• John Crumpacker ^*

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