# 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

* 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 Christine
* 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

* 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
* Tom Verducci
* Kurt Vonnegut
* Grant Wahl
* 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