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 JerpePost staff (January 17, 1917). "James Jerpe Dies; Well-Known Writer; Friend of Sportsmen, Firemen Passes Away". The Pittsburgh Post. Retrieved September 26, 2021. 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"Baz O'Meara Dies". The Montreal Gazette. October 26, 1971. p. 21. Retrieved February 16, 2024. 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 Tony Barnhart Craig Custance Terence Moore Steve Wyche
Baltimore Sun Eunetta T. Boone Peter Schmuck
Boston Globe Amalie Benjamin Jackie MacMullan Bob Ryan Dan Shaughnessy
Boston Herald Steve Buckley Gerry Callahan Tony Massarotti
Chicago Sun-Times Rick Telander
Chicago Tribune David Haugh
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Terry Pluto
The Dallas Morning News Tim Cowlishaw
The Dayton Daily News Hal McCoy
The Denver Post Jim Armstrong Woody Paige
Detroit Free Press Mitch Albom
Detroit News Terry Foster Jerry Green Bob Wojnowski
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Randy Galloway
The Fresno Bee John Canzano
Green Bay Press-Gazette Pete Dougherty
Newsday Alan Hahn
Los Angeles Times Bill ChristineGauen, Pat (May 3, 2018). "Author seeks to link three Belleville murders". St. Louis Post-Gazette. p. A6. Retrieved November 10, 2022. Bill Dwyre Helene Elliott Frank Finch Jim Murray
Louisville Courier-Journal Tim Sullivan
Miami Herald Judy Battista Michelle Kaufman Dan Le Batard Edwin Pope
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Drew Olson
Minneapolis Star Tribune Dick Gordon Sid Hartman Patrick Reusse Jim Souhan
New York Daily News Mike Lupica Bill Madden Sherry Ross Dick Young
New York Post Milton Gross Mike Vaccaro Peter Vecsey
The New York Times Dave Anderson Karen Crouse Robin Herman Bill Pennington William C. Rhoden Richard Sandomir Claire Smith
The Oakland Press Pat Caputo
Oakland Tribune Art Spander
The Oregonian John Canzano
Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen Phil Jasner
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Al Abrams Mark Madden Stan Savran Bob Smizik
San Antonio Express-News Dan Cook
San Francisco Chronicle Ann Killion Gwen Knapp Ray Ratto Susan Slusser Tom Stienstra
San Jose Mercury News Howard Bryant John Canzano Tim Cowlishaw Tim Kawakami
Sports Illustrated Walter Bingham Roy Blount Jr. Robert H. Boyle Robert Creamer Frank Deford George Dohrmann Michael Farber Ron Fimrite Pat Forde Peter Gammons Dick Gordon Karl Taro Greenfeld Jon Heyman Ed Hinton Richard Hoffer Dan Jenkins Sally Jenkins Robert F. Jones Larry F. Keith Armen Keteyian Franz Lidz Melissa Ludtke Jackie MacMullan Ivan Maisel Stewart Mandel Arash Markazi Tex Maule Jack McCallum Leo Monahan Leigh Montville Kenny Moore Mark Mulvoy Jim Murray William Nack Jack Olsen Dan Patrick Jeff Pearlman George Plimpton Joe Posnanski Rick Reilly Selena Roberts Steve Rushin Budd Schulberg Bud Shrake Michael Silver Gary Smith Shelley Smith Rick Telander Whitney Tower John Underwood Tom Verducci Kurt Vonnegut Grant Wahl Jon Wertheim Ralph Wiley Herbert Warren Wind Alexander Wolff Steve Wulf Don Yaeger Peter King Paul Zimmerman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bob Broeg Rick Hummel Bernie Miklasz
St. Paul Pioneer Press Dick Gordon Don Riley Charley Walters
USA Today Christine Brennan Nancy Armour
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 List of American writers List of American print journalists
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