List of American sportswriters explained

The following is a list of notable American sportswriters who worked for the sports departments of their respective newspapers.

Historical sportswriters

By publications

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Baltimore Sun

Boston Globe

Boston Herald

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Tribune

The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)

The Dallas Morning News

The Dayton Daily News

The Denver Post

Detroit Free Press

Detroit News

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The Fresno Bee

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Newsday

Los Angeles Times

Louisville Courier-Journal

Miami Herald

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Minneapolis Star Tribune

New York Daily News

New York Post

The New York Times

The Oakland Press

Oakland Tribune

The Oregonian

Philadelphia Daily News

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

San Antonio Express-News

San Francisco Chronicle

San Jose Mercury News

Sports Illustrated

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Paul Pioneer Press

USA Today

The Washington Post

Miscellaneous

American women sportswriters

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adeline Daley, news humorist (May 17, 1984). 2016-01-31.
  2. Web site: Halper . Donna L. . ‘Our Lady Reporter’: Introducing Some Women Baseball Writers, 1900–30 . Society for American Baseball Research . 2019.
  3. Post staff (January 17, 1917). "James Jerpe Dies; Well-Known Writer; Friend of Sportsmen, Firemen Passes Away". The Pittsburgh Post. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  4. Web site: Lewis, Cary Blackburn, Sr. · . Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA) . University of Kentucky Libraries.
  5. News: Jimmy Murphy, 79, Sportswriter, Dies . August 17, 2024 . . December 12, 1970.
  6. News: Nunn a champion for change . Gorman . Kevin . February 26, 2010 . . February 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305084255/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_669033.html . March 5, 2010 . dead .
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/421048331/?clipping_id=141143726 "Baz O'Meara Dies"
  8. Web site: Powers . Ormund . In Early Days, Vickers-Smith Blazed a New Trail for Women in Journalism . Orlando Sentinel . 16 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Who's hot, who's not headed into NCAAs . February 19, 2016 . www.ajc.com . March 1, 2004. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051114073014/http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/barnhart . November 14, 2005.
  10. Web site: On Vick, can't we all shut up? . www.ajc.com . March 30, 2004 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051104063807/http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/moore . November 4, 2005.
  11. Web site: Peter Schmuck . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522083240/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-columnist-schmuck%2C1%2C5937575.columnist?coll=bal-home-columnists . dead . May 22, 2011 . baltimoresun.com . May 24, 2012 .
  12. Web site: A month's worth of Jackie MacMullan . Globe.com . 2003 . May 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030608200536/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/macmullan/ . June 8, 2003 .
  13. Web site: The Boston Globe, columnists . https://web.archive.org/web/19970617083600/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/ryan/ . dead . 1997-06-17 . Globe.com .
  14. Web site: A month's worth of Dan Shaughnessy . Globe.com . 2003 . May 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030802015108/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/shaughnessy/ . August 2, 2003 .
  15. Web site: Sports Columnists . Herald.com . June 30, 2002 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020701023017/http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/sports_columnists/ . July 1, 2002.
  16. News: Bears just can't seem to win with Jimmy or Jay . Suntimes.com . December 21, 2014 . May 24, 2012.
  17. Web site: Tim Cowlishaw . dallasnews.com. February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050405100139/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/sports/columnists/tcowlishaw/vitindex.html . April 5, 2005.
  18. News: Opening shots . November 20, 2002 . denverpost.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204172501/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~102~%2C00.html . February 4, 2012 .
  19. News: CU needs to cut Barnett, Churchill . denverpost.com . March 6, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050308173632/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~111~%2C00.html . March 8, 2005 .
  20. Web site: Mitch Albom . freep.com . https://web.archive.org/web/19980419110903/http://freep.com/index/albom.htm . April 19, 1998 . March 7, 2017.
  21. Web site: Titans want to keep streak . detnews.com . 2002 . Terry Foster . dead . https://archive.today/20020201234130/http://www.detroitnews.com/2002/sports/0201/31/f02-404437.htm . February 1, 2002 . March 8, 2017.
  22. Web site: Jerry Green . detnews.com . 2002 .
  23. Web site: Bob Wojnowski . detnews.com . 2002 .
  24. Web site: Richie Galloway . Star-Telegram.com . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070203184718/http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/sports/columnists/randy_galloway/ . February 3, 2007.
  25. Web site: John Canzano . Fresno-Bee.com . September 24, 2001 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040416204838/http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/canzano/ . April 16, 2004.
  26. Web site: Sports columnists . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010801144308/http://www.newsday.com/sports/sportscolumns.htm . August 1, 2001.
  27. Gauen, Pat (May 3, 2018). "Author seeks to link three Belleville murders". St. Louis Post-Gazette. p. A6. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  28. News: Sports Columnists . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224031940/http://www.latimes.com/sports/columnists/ . February 24, 2012 . May 24, 2012.
  29. Web site: Dan Le Batard . August 5, 2004 . March 8, 2017 . MiamiHerald.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040806015849/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/dan_le_batard/ . August 6, 2004.
  30. Web site: Edwin Pope . MiamiHeraldcom . August 5, 2004 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070221061708/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/edwin_pope/ . February 21, 2007.
  31. Web site: Guillen's validation sealed with a kiss . October 29, 2005 . August 26, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060416081532/http://www.jsonline.com/sports/col/olson/ . April 16, 2006.
  32. Web site: Sid Hartman. startribune.com . March 8, 2017.
  33. Web site: Patrick Reusse. startribune.com . March 8, 2017.
  34. Web site: Jim Souhan. startribune.com . March 8, 2017.
  35. Web site: Basement Bombers vs. bickering Mets . Mike Lucia . DailyNews.com . May 16, 2008 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123529/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/lupica/ . May 17, 2008.
  36. Web site: Mariano makes it interesting, but isn't it always? . DailyNews.com . September 17, 2007 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070918214412/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/madden/ . September 18, 2007.
  37. Web site: Ultimate road trip . DailyNews.com . January 21, 2007 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070126004803/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/sross/ . January 26, 2007.
  38. News: Barron. James. Dick Young Dies; Sports Columnist. 21 April 2016. The New York Times. September 1, 1987.
  39. News: Sports News | New York Sports | New Jersey Sports . NYPOST.com . January 7, 1999 . May 24, 2012 . Keith J. Kelly.
  40. News: Brooklyn Nets . NYPOST.com . January 7, 1999 . May 24, 2012 . Fred . Kerber.
  41. News: Biography: Dave Anderson . . May 6, 1929 . May 24, 2012.
  42. News: Sandomir. Richard. February 3, 2022. Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the N.H.L., Dies at 70. en-US. The New York Times. February 3, 2022. 0362-4331.
  43. News: Bill Pennington . Bill Pennington . . May 24, 2012.
  44. News: Biography: William C. Rhoden . . May 24, 2012.
  45. News: Richard Sandomir . www.nytimes.com . March 8, 2017.
  46. Web site: Claire Smith becomes the first woman to win the BBWAA's Spink Award . Craig. Calcaterra. NBCSports.com . December 6, 2014 . December 6, 2014.
  47. Web site: Inside Bay Area . Oakland Tribune . May 5, 2012.
  48. News: John Canzan . OregonLive.com . May 24, 2012.
  49. Web site: Marcus Hayes . Marcus Hayes . philly.com . May 24, 2012.
  50. Web site: Phil Jasner . philly.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110210164632/http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/phil_jasner/ . February 10, 2011 . March 8, 2017.
  51. Web site: Vito Stellino . Al Abrams Dies of Heart Attack . The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . March 4, 1977 . August 25, 2015.
  52. News: Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Mark Madden. post.gazette.com .
  53. News: Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Stan Savran. post.gazette.com .
  54. News: Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnists. post.gazette.com .
  55. Web site: Dan Cook . mysanantonio.com . dead . https://archive.today/20020225151803/http://news.mysanantonio.com/index.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=870 . February 25, 2002 . March 8, 2017.
  56. News: A Month's Worth of Ray Ratto . SFGate.com . 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070323024836/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=%2Fweb%2Fwais-indexes%2Fchronicle%2F&byline=ray%2Bratto . March 23, 2007 .
  57. News: A Month's Worth of Susan Slusser . SFGate.com . 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040820095719/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=%2Fweb%2Fwais-indexes%2Fchronicle%2F&byline=susan%2Bslusser . August 20, 2004 .
  58. News: San Francisco Bay Outdoors with Tom Stienstra . SFGate.com . March 8, 2017.
  59. Web site: Barker . Barbra . Melissa Ludtke's lawsuit opened door for female sports journalists 40 years ago, but there still is a long way to go . newsday.com . March 11, 2019 . September 29, 2018.
  60. News: D. Leo Monahan, 86; Boston sports reporter, columnist. Marquard. Bryan. April 2, 2013. The Boston Globe. August 11, 2021.
  61. News: John Underwood, Stylish Sportswriter and Author, Dies at 88 . The New York Times . 27 April 2023 . Sandomir . Richard .
  62. Web site: 2005-11-01 . Bob Broeg, 87; St. Louis Sportswriter Coined 'Stan the Man' Moniker . 2023-05-29 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  63. Web site: Rick Hummel . stltoday.com . 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617143919/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/Columnist/Rick%2BHummel?OpenDocument . June 17, 2010 . March 8, 2017 . dead .
  64. Web site: Bernie Miklasz . stltoday.com . 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100516035229/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/columnist/Bernie%2BMiklasz?OpenDocument . May 16, 2010 . March 7, 2017 . dead .
  65. News: Kane . Colleen . Title IX at 50: Meet 20 influential women in Chicago sports media history . July 31, 2024 . . June 23, 2022.
  66. News: What It Took to Write About Baseball as a Woman . Helfand, Zach . . October 15, 2018.
  67. Web site: Katherine Dunn, Author of 'Geek Love,' Dies at 70 . The New York Times . 14 May 2016 . 19 May 2016 . Sam . Roberts.
  68. News: Sandomir . Richard . November 10, 2022 . Jane Gross, Sportswriter Who Opened Locker Room Doors, Dies at 75 . The New York Times .

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