found: Work cat.: Best sports stories, 1954 ed.:p. 11 (prize-winning stories of 1953) p. 15 (three classifications: news coverage; news features; and magazines; the efforts of sports writers) 1966 ed., bk. jkt. (the top sports writing of today--with action reporting and behind-the-scenes portraits; vivid reporting of all aspects of the sports world of 1965) p. 7 (Best News-Coverage Story; Best News-Feature Story; Best Magazine Story)
found: The best American sports writing, 2012:introd. ("The best sports stories are based not on interviews but on conversations--conversations with people who are sometimes reluctant, sometimes in the orneriest mood, often not the most glib or polished conversationalists")
found: Nordquist, R. Sports writing as a form of creative nonfiction, via ThoughtCo. website, posted June 28, 2017, viewed on Oct. 10, 2017(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)
found: Collins English dictionary online, Oct. 10, 2017(sportswriting: the work of a sports writer)
found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Oct. 10, 2017(sportswriter: a person who writes about sports especially for a newspaper; --sportswriting)
