The following is a partial list of women sportswriters.
European British Elizabeth Ammon, cricket writer for The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, The Independent, and The Times Margaret Hughes (1919–2005); first woman to cover The Ashes series of 1954–55 for the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Martha Kelner (born 1990), sportswriter for the Daily Mail and The Guardian. Anna Kessel (born 1979), sportswriter and journalist for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and The Observer newspapers. Vikki Orvice (1962–2019), football reporter for The Sun and subsequently the newspaper's athletics correspondent. Diana Rait Kerr (1918–2012), cricket writer and cricket historian Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), Women's Cricket magazine editor, sportswriter for Wisden, columnist for The Cricketer Alyson Rudd (born 1963), football reporter for The Times Julie Welch (born 1948), first female sportswriter on Fleet Street, covering football Suzanne Wrack, football writer for The Guardian and BBC Sport, covering women's football
North American American Kendra Andrews (born 1997), sportswriter for ESPN.com; previously for NBC Sports Bay Area and The Athletic Malika Andrews (born 1995), sports journalist for ESPN.com; previously for Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Nancy Armour, sportswriter for USA Today, previously for Associated Press; covered the Olympic Games. Judy Battista (born 1969), sportswriter covering American football for the Miami Herald, Newsday, The New York Times Amalie Benjamin, sportswriter covering the National Hockey League; previously covered the Boston Red Sox for The Boston Globe Christine Brennan (born 1958), columnist for USA Today; previously covered American football and the Olympics for the Miami Herald and The Washington Post Liz Clarke, writer for The Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, The Charlotte Observer, and USA Today; covered NASCAR, tennis, college sports, the Washington Redskins/Commanders, and nine Olympic Games. Alex Coffey (born 1993), beat reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the Philadelphia Phillies. Previously covered the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Storm for The Athletic. Adeline Daley (1921–1984), sports columnist for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin and San Francisco Chronicle, covering baseball. Rachel Annamarie DeMita Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), novelist who covered boxing for the Willamette Week, The Oregonian, and The New York Times Helene Elliott, sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times from 1989 to 2004, covering ice hockey; recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award. Kate Fagan (born 1981), sportswriter for ESPN; previously worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Cynthia Frelund Jennifer Frey Mary Garber Carrie Gerlach Cecil Jean Giambrone Toni Ginnetti Jane Gross Maggie Hathaway Robin Herman Jemele Hill Margaret Holt Sally Jenkins Christina Kahrl Michelle Kaufman Linda Kay Ann Killion Mina Kimes Gwen Knapp Sarah Langs Jane Leavy Marjorie Herrera Lewis Melissa Ludtke Alison Lukan Jackie MacMullan Myra MacPherson Juliet Macur Idah McGlone Gibson 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 Susan Slusser Claire Smith Shelley Smith Sage Steele Karintha Styles Lou Swarz Jenny Taft Lillian Vickers-Smith Maribel Vinson Lesley Visser Charean Williams Joan Wulff Ina Eloise Young Ellen Zavian
Canadian Cheryl Bernard Christie Blatchford Alexandrine Gibb Alison Gordon Kirstie McLellan Day Lorna Schultz Nicholson Jill Officer Mary Ormsby Laura Robinson
South American Brazilian Luana Maluf
Oceanian Australian Kath Commins Pat Jarrett Samantha Lane Cate McGregor Ruth Preddey Lois Quarrell Marg Ralston Gwen Varley
New Zealand Madeleine Chapman Ina Lamason Norma Williams
See also Nine for IX List of women writers Association for Women in Sports Media
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