| STRAINER | Point to sports shoe and colander (8) |
| SWOOSH | The symbol of the sports shoe and clothing manufacturer Nike, designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 |
| STRAINERS | Sieves and colanders |
| PLIMSOLL | Light gym shoe and waterline (8) |
| COHESION | Shoe and coin collection in attachment (8) |
| CLOTHING | Lean, wearing wooden shoe, and apparel (8) |
| DEADSPIN | Website whose writers resigned en masse in 2019 after refusing an order from management to "stick to sports" |
| ATHLETIC | Odd helmet found in roof space is well-suited to sports (8) |
| BACKPAGE | It's usually devoted to sports in a tabloid newspaper |
| BALMORAL | Graduate left with just a shoe and hat |
| LACROSSE | Care about loss to sport (8) |
| CATACOMB | It's a grave situation to sport comb over at American college (8) |
| HARRISON | Benjamin ___ 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| REVENUE | Incoming money about to be given to sports ground? |
| OBLATE | ___ spheroid (football, to sports writers) (ABLE TO anagram) (6) |
| FAKEFANS | Non-genuine followers of a team: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word can mean "not real" and the second word relates to sports.) |
| CLEVELAND | Port city in Ohio, home to sports teams the Browns and Cavaliers (9) |
| DALLAS | US city which is home to sports teams the Stars, Mavericks, Cowboys, and Rangers (6) |
| ARIZONA | US state, home to sports teams the Diamondbacks, Cardinals, and Suns (7) |
| TEXAS | US state, home to sports teams the Rangers, Cowboys, Mavericks, Rockets, and Astros (5) |
