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Sports Writing
Sports Writing
Mark Angelo B.
Mañez
Writer, Dugout Philippines
Sports Editor, Assortedge Media
Founder/CEO – Editor-in-Chief, SWEEP
Sports Journalism Defined
A form of Journalism that reports
on sports topics and events. While
it has been mockingly called the
Toy Department, sports journalists
do not concern themselves with
the ‘serious’ topics covered by the
news desk.
- New World Dictionary definition
Sports Writing Defined
Sports writing is a form of journalism
or creative nonfiction in which a
sporting event, individual athlete, or
sports-related issue serves as the
dominant subject.
-ThoughtCo definition
Differences of News Writing
to Sports Writing
Although similar in form and structure, we can
easily differentiate sports writing to the
traditional news writing:
1. Sports writing is more playful when relating
the scenes, whereas news writing, which sticks
to the basics of writing.
2. It basically highlights two important news
values:
CONFLICT and ACTION.
3. Sports Writing has a structure of an
action story but with greater freedom
of style in writing.
4. It is considered a specialized field.
Sports writing uses the SPORTS
LINGO, a specialized group of words
to be used only to sports articles.
5. The role of Quotes from players,
coaches, and personalities involved.
Qualities of a Sports Writer
Must know sports: rules, strategy,
team records and statistics.
Must observe accuracy.
Must be able to take notes
without losing sequence of play.
Must avoid sports slang and trite
expressions which hack writers use
today. He should tell the story in
plain, factual terms, that
describe the action.
Must bear in mind that he writes
for his readers and not for
himself.
Different types of sports articles
Blow-by-blow account (Coverage Story)
Backgrounder story (Sidebar Story)
Advance story (Dope or Prognostication)
Sports Feature
Sports Editorial
Sports Cartoon
Sports Column
Sources for Sports articles
Newspapers
Magazines
Television
Interviews
Radio
Internet
Table officials
Pamphlets/posters
Parts of the
Sports News Story
Headline
The headline of a sports coverage
story should tell right away who or
which team won over whom or whose
team (and whenever appropriate or
applicable, by what score).
Appropriate action words should be
used to indicate who won depending
on how the event unfolded
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(Sports Writing Elite
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