Cricket
When Cricinfo was still a chatbot on irc in the early 1990s, I contributed some scorecards (first ever Test, 1960-61 Tied Test).
Check out the profile of Erapalli Prasanna, which I think I wrote in the late 1990s.
Neville Cardus on Frank Woolley: Possibly my favorite piece of cricket writing ever.
More Cardus excerpts: Cardus reported on both cricket and music for the Manchester Guardian, and it shows in his writing.