Sports, with connotations like the struggle, competition, movement, and excitement, are at the center of a wide range of fields from politics to economy, from globalization to nationalism, from industry to media, and from popular culture to marketing. Sports, which draws great attention from the media, is at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic dynamics and is followed by the masses throughout the world.These dynamics place sports media in a different place among other fields of journalism, making it almost a necessity for researchers to think and study on its development and change process.In this study, the period of sports media from the 1980s to the present, in particular, the Ankara sports press, is tried to be revealed with regard to the evaluations and testimonies of sports reporters and writers. Within the scope of the qualitative study, in-depth interviews were conducted with ten sports journalists (reporter, columnist, intelligence chief, news editor, news director and managing editor)who were employed in Ankara for 30 years or more. As a result, in the study it is first seen that Ankara sports press between 1980 and 2000 was in a position where many journalists had been employed from several branches and amateur sports, covered all branches and amateur sports, opened to competition, and respected in sports management and organizations.But, in the study it is concluded that, with the 2000s Ankara sports press became a position where only one reporter employed in the services, or employment completely eliminated, and fell far short of its former influence by entering a serious decline in the face of the Istanbul press and sports management.