List of American sportswriters#Sports Illustrated

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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

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=''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''=

  • Tony Barnhart{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/barnhart |title=Who's hot, who's not headed into NCAAs |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |website=www.ajc.com |date=March 1, 2004

|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051114073014/http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/barnhart |archivedate=November 14, 2005}}

  • Craig Custance
  • Terence Moore{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/moore |title=On Vick, can't we all shut up? |website=www.ajc.com |date=March 30, 2004 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104063807/http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/moore |archivedate=November 4, 2005}}
  • Steve Wyche

=''[[Baltimore Sun]]''=

  • Eunetta T. Boone
  • Peter Schmuck{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-columnist-schmuck,1,5937575.columnist?coll=bal-home-columnists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522083240/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-columnist-schmuck%2C1%2C5937575.columnist?coll=bal-home-columnists |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |title=Peter Schmuck |publisher=baltimoresun.com |accessdate=May 24, 2012 }}

=''[[Boston Globe]]''=

  • Amalie Benjamin
  • Jackie MacMullan{{cite web|url=http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/macmullan |title=A month's worth of Jackie MacMullan |website=Globe.com |date=2003 |accessdate=May 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608200536/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/macmullan/ |archivedate=June 8, 2003 }}
  • Bob Ryan{{cite web|url=http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970617083600/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/ryan/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1997-06-17 |title=The Boston Globe, columnists |website=Globe.com }}
  • Dan Shaughnessy{{cite web|url=http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/shaughnessy |title=A month's worth of Dan Shaughnessy |website=Globe.com |date=2003 |accessdate=May 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802015108/http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/shaughnessy/ |archivedate=August 2, 2003 }}

=''[[Boston Herald]]''=

  • Steve Buckley{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/sports_columnists |title=Sports Columnists |website=Herald.com |date=June 30, 2002 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701023017/http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/sports_columnists/ |archivedate=July 1, 2002}}
  • Gerry Callahan
  • Tony Massarotti

=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''=

  • Rick Telander{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/index/telander.html |title=Bears just can't seem to win with Jimmy or Jay |website=Suntimes.com |date=December 21, 2014 |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}

=''[[Chicago Tribune]]''=

=''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' ([[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]])=

=''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''=

  • Tim Cowlishaw{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/sports/columnists/tcowlishaw/vitindex.html |title=Tim Cowlishaw |website=dallasnews.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405100139/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/sports/columnists/tcowlishaw/vitindex.html |archivedate=April 5, 2005}}

=''[[The Dayton Daily News]]''=

=''[[The Denver Post]]''=

  • Jim Armstrong{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E102%257E,00.html |title=Opening shots |date=November 20, 2002 |website=denverpost.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204172501/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~102~%2C00.html |archivedate=February 4, 2012 }}
  • Woody Paige{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E111%257E,00.html |title=CU needs to cut Barnett, Churchill |website=denverpost.com |date=March 6, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308173632/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~111~%2C00.html |archivedate=March 8, 2005 }}

=''[[Detroit Free Press]]''=

  • Mitch Albom{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/index/albom.htm |title=Mitch Albom |website=freep.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980419110903/http://freep.com/index/albom.htm |archivedate=April 19, 1998 |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}

=''[[Detroit News]]''=

  • Terry Foster{{cite web |url=http://www.detnews.com/2002/sports/0201/31/f02-404437.htm |website=detnews.com |date=2002 |author1=Terry Foster |title=Titans want to keep streak |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20020201234130/http://www.detroitnews.com/2002/sports/0201/31/f02-404437.htm |archivedate=February 1, 2002 |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
  • Jerry Green{{cite web |url=http://www.detnews.com/2002/sports/0201/31/f01-404460.htm |website=detnews.com |date=2002 |title=Jerry Green }} {{dead link|date=May 2012 |fix-attempted=yes}}
  • Bob Wojnowski{{cite web |url=http://www.detnews.com/2002/sports/0201/31/f01-404465.htm |website=detnews.com |date=2002 |title=Bob Wojnowski }} {{dead link|date=May 2012 |fix-attempted=yes}}

=''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''=

  • Randy Galloway{{cite web|url=http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/sports/columnists/randy_galloway |title=Richie Galloway |website=Star-Telegram.com |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203184718/http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/sports/columnists/randy_galloway/ |archivedate=February 3, 2007}}

=''[[The Fresno Bee]]''=

  • John Canzano{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/canzano |title=John Canzano |website=Fresno-Bee.com |date= September 24, 2001 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416204838/http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/canzano/ |archivedate=April 16, 2004}}

=''[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]''=

=''[[Newsday]]''=

  • Alan Hahn{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/sportscolumns.htm |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801144308/http://www.newsday.com/sports/sportscolumns.htm |title=Sports columnists

|archivedate=August 1, 2001}}

=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''=

  • Bill ChristineGauen, Pat (May 3, 2018). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112733038/st-louis-post-dispatch/ "Author seeks to link three Belleville murders"]. St. Louis Post-Gazette. p. A6. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  • Bill Dwyre{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/columnists/ |title=Sports Columnists |website=Los Angeles Times |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224031940/http://www.latimes.com/sports/columnists/ |archivedate=February 24, 2012 |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
  • Helene Elliott
  • Frank Finch
  • Jim Murray

=''[[The Courier-Journal|Louisville Courier-Journal]]''=

=''[[Miami Herald]]''=

  • Judy Battista
  • Michelle Kaufman
  • Dan Le Batard{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/dan_le_batard |title=Dan Le Batard |date=August 5, 2004 |accessdate=March 8, 2017 |website=MiamiHerald.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040806015849/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/dan_le_batard/ |archivedate=August 6, 2004}}
  • Edwin Pope{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/edwin_pope |title=Edwin Pope |website=MiamiHeraldcom |date=August 5, 2004 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221061708/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/columnists/edwin_pope/ |archivedate=February 21, 2007}}

=''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]''=

  • Drew Olson{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/col/olson/ |title= Guillen's validation sealed with a kiss |date=October 29, 2005 |accessdate=August 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416081532/http://www.jsonline.com/sports/col/olson/ |archivedate=April 16, 2006}}

=''[[Star Tribune|Minneapolis Star Tribune]]''=

  • Dick Gordon
  • Sid Hartman{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/sid/|title=Sid Hartman|website=startribune.com |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
  • Patrick Reusse{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/reusse/|title=Patrick Reusse| website=startribune.com |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
  • Jim Souhan{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/souhan/|title=Jim Souhan| website=startribune.com |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}

=''[[New York Daily News]]''=

  • Mike Lupica{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/lupica |author=Mike Lucia |title=Basement Bombers vs. bickering Mets |website=DailyNews.com |date=May 16, 2008 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123529/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/lupica/ |archivedate=May 17, 2008}}
  • Bill Madden{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/madden |title=Mariano makes it interesting, but isn't it always? |website=DailyNews.com |date=September 17, 2007 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918214412/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/madden/ |archivedate=September 18, 2007}}
  • Sherry Ross{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/sross |title= Ultimate road trip | website=DailyNews.com |date=January 21, 2007 |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126004803/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/col/sross/ |archivedate=January 26, 2007}}
  • Dick Young{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=James|title=Dick Young Dies; Sports Columnist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/01/obituaries/dick-young-dies-sports-columnist.html|access-date=21 April 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 1, 1987}}

=''[[New York Post]]''=

  • Milton Gross
  • Mike Vaccaro{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/sports/sports.htm |title=Sports News | New York Sports | New Jersey Sports |website=NYPOST.com |date=January 7, 1999 |accessdate=May 24, 2012 |author=Keith J. Kelly}}
  • Peter Vecsey{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/nets.htm |title=Brooklyn Nets |publisher=NYPOST.com |date=January 7, 1999 |accessdate=May 24, 2012 |first=Fred |last=Kerber}}

=''[[The New York Times]]''=

  • Dave Anderson{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/backtalk/bio-anderson.html |title=Biography: Dave Anderson |work=The New York Times |date=May 6, 1929 |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
  • Karen Crouse
  • Robin Herman{{Cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=February 3, 2022|title=Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the N.H.L., Dies at 70|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/sports/hockey/robin-herman-dead.html|access-date=February 3, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Bill Pennington{{cite news|author=Bill Pennington |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/bill_pennington/index.html |title=Bill Pennington |website=The New York Times |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
  • William C. Rhoden{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/backtalk/bio-rhoden.html |title=Biography: William C. Rhoden |website=The New York Times |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
  • Richard Sandomir{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/richard-sandomir |title=Richard Sandomir |website=www.nytimes.com |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
  • Claire Smith{{cite web|url=http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/12/06/claire-smith-becomes-the-first-woman-to-win-the-bbwaas-spink-award/ |title=Claire Smith becomes the first woman to win the BBWAA's Spink Award |first=Craig|last=Calcaterra|publisher=NBCSports.com |date=December 6, 2014 |accessdate=December 6, 2014}}

=''[[The Oakland Press]]''=

=''[[Oakland Tribune]]''=

  • Art Spander{{cite web|url=http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E1741%257E,00.html |title=Inside Bay Area |publisher=Oakland Tribune |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2012}}

=''[[The Oregonian]]''=

  • John Canzano{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano |title=John Canzan |website=OregonLive.com |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}

=''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]''=

  • Paul Hagen{{cite web |author=Marcus Hayes |url=http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/columnists/marcus_hayes |title=Marcus Hayes |website=philly.com |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
  • Phil Jasner{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/columnists/phil_jasner |title=Phil Jasner |website=philly.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210164632/http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/phil_jasner/ |archivedate=February 10, 2011 |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}

=''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''=

  • Al Abrams{{cite web |author=Vito Stellino |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T90NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Nm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4473%2C358104 |title=Al Abrams Dies of Heart Attack |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 4, 1977 |accessdate=August 25, 2015}}
  • Mark Madden{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/columnists/madden.asp|website=post.gazette.com |title=Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Mark Madden}}
  • Stan Savran{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/columnists/savran.asp |website=post.gazette.com |title=Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Stan Savran}}
  • Bob Smizik{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/columnists/smizik.asp |website=post.gazette.com |title=Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnists}}

=''[[San Antonio Express-News]]''=

  • Dan Cook{{cite web |url=http://news.mysanantonio.com/index.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=870 |website=mysanantonio.com |title=Dan Cook |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20020225151803/http://news.mysanantonio.com/index.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=870 |archivedate=February 25, 2002 |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}

=''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''=

  • Ann Killion
  • Gwen Knapp
  • Ray Ratto{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=/web/wais-indexes/chronicle/&byline=ray+ratto |title=A Month's Worth of Ray Ratto |website=SFGate.com |date=2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323024836/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=%2Fweb%2Fwais-indexes%2Fchronicle%2F&byline=ray%2Bratto |archivedate=March 23, 2007 }}
  • Susan Slusser{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=/web/wais-indexes/chronicle/&byline=susan+slusser |title=A Month's Worth of Susan Slusser |website=SFGate.com |date=2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820095719/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/columnists.cgi?waisdbname=%2Fweb%2Fwais-indexes%2Fchronicle%2F&byline=susan%2Bslusser |archivedate=August 20, 2004 }}
  • Tom Stienstra{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/stienstra/ |website=SFGate.com |title=San Francisco Bay Outdoors with Tom Stienstra |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}

=''[[The Mercury News|San Jose Mercury News]]''=

=''[[Sports Illustrated]]''=

=''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]''=

  • Bob Broeg{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005-11-01 |title=Bob Broeg, 87; St. Louis Sportswriter Coined 'Stan the Man' Moniker |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-01-me-passings1.1-story.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
  • Rick Hummel{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/Columnist/Rick+Hummel?Opendocument |title=Rick Hummel |website=stltoday.com |date=2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617143919/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/Columnist/Rick%2BHummel?OpenDocument |archivedate=June 17, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • Bernie Miklasz{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/Columnist/Bernie+Miklasz?OpenDocument |title=Bernie Miklasz |website=stltoday.com |date=2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516035229/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/columnist/Bernie%2BMiklasz?OpenDocument |archivedate=May 16, 2010 |accessdate=March 7, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

= ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]'' =

=''[[USA Today]]''=

  • Christine Brennan{{cite news |last1=Kane |first1=Colleen |title=Title IX at 50: Meet 20 influential women in Chicago sports media history |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/06/23/title-ix-at-50-meet-20-influential-women-in-chicago-sports-media-history/ |access-date=July 31, 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 23, 2022}}
  • Nancy Armour

=''[[The Washington Post]]''=

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