Contribution Quote by Roone Arledge

First and foremost, Howard Cosell is sports. There are all these people, these fans, who claim that when Cosell does a game on television,…

— Frank Deford

Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for all intents and purposes has been…

— Dave Zirin

To be a good sports journalist takes many things, but the main thing it takes is the ability to listen and follow your nose…

— Steve Bunce

“This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so…

— Will Leitch

“I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I…

— Mitch Albom

David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he…

— Jonathan Yardley

There are some times when sports rises to the level of news and when sports broadcasters acquit themselves as well as the best news…

— Bob Costas

“Two motives urge fans to obsession with their sports. One is the need-—through the appeal of vicarious success—-to identify with winners. The other is…

— Paul Fussell

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

— Dick Schaap

Sports journalism is in the midst of an identity crisis so profound that we no longer know whether we're made up of one word…

— Jane Leavy

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. I like the 'let's forget our troubles and…

— Jack Brickhouse

'Course the world of sports takes itself way too serious. Sports writers are all high and mighty.

— Artie Lange