sports section

Athletic news segment

The sports section is the part of a newspaper dedicated to coverage of athletic events, scores, standings, and commentary.

By extension, it refers to equivalent content in online news sites or broadcasts: He always reads the sports section first.

The term evokes a particular kind of reader—someone who reaches for box scores before headlines.

Opposites
newspaper section type

sports sectionbusiness section

Corporate news coverage area

lifestyle section · news section · front page · obituaries · opinion section

Family

sport, section, sports, sections, sporting, sportive, sporty, sportsman, sportsmanship

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G