List of American sportswriters
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">The Courier-Journal">Louisville Courier-Journal''
''[Miami Herald]''
''[Milwaukee [Journal Sentinel]]''
''Minneapolis Star Tribune">Star Tribune">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]]''
''[The [Mercury News|San Jose Mercury News]]''
''[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]''
''[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