# List of women sportswriters

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, sportwriter 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 Sports, 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.
* 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

## 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