Noun
sportswriter (plural sportswriters)
Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports).
A noted case is the book written by sportswriter Al Stump in the months after Cobb died in 1961. Source: Internet
He finished one vote short of a unanimous MVP selection, as a Minnesota sportswriter placed Twins center fielder César Tovar first on his ballot. citation But the Red Sox lost the series—again to the St. Louis Cardinals, in seven games. Source: Internet
He was occasionally criticized for refusing to swing at a borderline pitch to put a ball in play when it might have helped advance a runner or score a run (a recurring theme among sportswriter critics was that "Ted plays for himself."). Source: Internet
He managed to go six-plus innings in a game that Paige's team ultimately lost 10 to 3. One sportswriter wrote that Paige looked like a "squeezed lemon." Source: Internet
Another bittersweet moment in Cobb's life reportedly came in the late 1940s, when he and sportswriter Grantland Rice were returning from the Masters golf tournament. Source: Internet
I didn’t know why, but from then on, I no longer attempted to leave the house and travel to Manila to do the job I have been doing, come hell and high water, for 49 years since I was named sportswriter in 1971, a year before Martial Law was declared. Source: Internet