| Sportswriting
can be some of the most colorful writing because sports can be the most
colorful subject. Nine out of ten sportswriters merely rearange cliches
to write their stories. Here are some notable exceptions.
• Mitch Albom
(Detroit Free Press)
• Rick
Reilly (Sports Illustrated)
• Tony
Kornheiser (Washington Post)
• Dan
LeBatard (Miami Herald)
• Keith
Olbermann (Fox Sports)
• Frank
Deford (CNN/Sports Illustrated)
• Rick Telander
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• Mark
Kriedler (Sacramento Bee)
• Steven
Brunt (Globe and Mail)
• Adrian Wojarnowski
(Bergen Record)
• Bernie
Lincicome (Chicago Tribune)
• George
Vescey (New York Times)
• Steve
Rosenbloom (Chicago Tribune)
• Bob Ryan (Boston
Globe)
• Michael
Wilbon (Washington Post)
• Caught on the Fly
(The Sporting News)
• Dave
Fleming (CNN/Sports Illustrated)
• William
Rhoden (New York Times)
• Bob Verdi
(Chicago Tribune)
• Christine
Brennan (USA Today)
• Nick Canepa (San
Diego Union-Tribune)
• Jim
Caple (Pioneer Press)
• Randy
Galloway (Fort-Worth Star Telegram)
• Bill Gleason
(Daily Southtown)
• Steve Bisheff
(Orange County Register)
• Thomas
Boswell (Washington Post)
• Gordon
Forbes (USA Today)
• Jim
Rome (Fox Sports)
• Rudy
Marztke (USA Today)
• Larry Henry
(Daily Herald)
• Larry
Guest (Orlando Sentinel)
• Fran
Blinebury (Houston Chronicle)
• Ailene
Voisin (Sacramento Bee)
• Len
Shapiro (Washington Post)
• A.J. Carr
(Raleigh News&Observer)
• Ed
Sherman (Chicago Tribune)
• ESPN.com columnists
• CNN/SI
columnists
• Fox Sports columnists
• CBS
Sportsline columnists
• Chicago Tribune
columnists
• Denver
Post Sports columnists
• Arizona
Republic columnists
• Las
Vegas Sun Sports columnists
• SportsPages columnist
index
• Yahoo
sports columnist index
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