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The following is a list of notable American sportswriters who worked for the sports departments of their respective newspapers.
Historical sportswriters
- Bob Addie
- Les Biederman
- Furman Bisher
- Jimmy Cannon
- Henry Chadwick
- Bill Corum
- Adeline Daley
- George W. Daley
- Dan Daniel
- Pierce Egan
- Charley Feeney
- Larry Felser
- Otto Floto
- Mary Garber
- Idah McGlone Gibson
- Halsey Hall
- Arnold Hano
- Sid Hartman
- W. C. Heinz
- Zander Hollander
- Jerome Holtzman
- James Jerpe
- Leonard Koppett
- Sam Lacy
- John Lardner
- Ring Lardner
- Cary B. Lewis
- Fred Lieb
- Tim Murnane
- Jack Murphy
- Jimmy Murphy
- Bill Nunn
- Murray Olderman
- Baz O'Meara
- Edwin Pope
- Shirley Povich
- Rud Rennie
- Grantland Rice
- Edwin Rumill
- Damon Runyon
- Red Smith
- Lillian Vickers-Smith
- Steve Wilstein
- Dick Young
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
- Dave Anderson
- Karen Crouse
- Robin Herman
- Bill Pennington
- William C. Rhoden
- Richard Sandomir
- Claire Smith
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
- Pat Forde
- Steve Rushin
- Jon Wertheim
- Jack McCallum
- Walter Bingham
- Roy Blount Jr.
- Robert H. Boyle
- Robert Creamer
- Frank Deford
- George Dohrmann
- Michael Farber
- Ron Fimrite
- Peter Gammons
- Dick Gordon
- Karl Taro Greenfeld
- Jon Heyman
- Ed Hinton
- Richard Hoffer
- Dan Jenkins
- Sally Jenkins
- Robert F. Jones
- Armen Keteyian
- Franz Lidz
- Melissa Ludtke
- Jackie MacMullan
- Ivan Maisel
- Stewart Mandel
- Arash Markazi
- Tex Maule
- Jack McCallum
- Leo Monahan
- Leigh Montville
- Kenny Moore
- Jim Murray
- William Nack
- Jack Olsen
- Dan Patrick
- Jeff Pearlman
- George Plimpton
- Joe Posnanski
- Rick Reilly
- Selena Roberts
- Budd Schulberg
- Bud Shrake
- Michael Silver
- Gary Smith
- Shelley Smith
- Rick Telander
- Whitney Tower
- John Underwood
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Grant Wahl
- Ralph Wiley
- Herbert Warren Wind
- Alexander Wolff
- Steve Wulf
- Don Yaeger
- Peter King
- Paul Zimmerman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Paul Pioneer Press
USA Today
The Washington Post
- Thomas Boswell
- Liz Clarke
- Jennifer Frey
- Sally Jenkins
- Tony Kornheiser
- Jane Leavy
- Michael Wilbon
- Mike Wise
Miscellaneous
- Patricia Babcock-McGraw, sportswriter for the Daily Herald
- Katherine Dunn, novelist who covered boxing for the Willamette Week, The Oregonian, and The New York Times
American women sportswriters
- Kate Fagan
- Cynthia Frelund
- Jennifer Frey
- Mary Garber
- Carrie Gerlach Cecil
- Jean Giambrone
- Jane Gross
- Maggie Hathaway
- Jemele Hill
- Sally Jenkins
- Christina Kahrl
- Mina Kimes
- Sarah Langs
- Marjorie Herrera Lewis
- Alison Lukan
- Jackie MacMullan
- Myra MacPherson
- Juliet Macur
- Sadie Kneller Miller
- Marie Millikan
- Rachel Nichols
- Lisa Olson
- Maureen Orcutt
- Molly Qerim
- Marly Rivera
- Alanna Rizzo
- Selena Roberts
- Sherry Ross
- Holly Rowe
- Jen Royle
- Lisa Nehus Saxon
- Nell Scovell
- Mary Shane
- Ramona Shelburne
- Shelley Smith
- Sage Steele
- Karintha Styles
- Lou Swarz
- Maribel Vinson
- Lesley Visser
- Charean Williams
- Joan Wulff
- Ina Eloise Young
- Ellen Zavian
See also
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