Sport has been a large part of the world culture and society since its inception. Even today, its popularity continues to grow. Rarely a platform doesn't comment or broadcast sports events. Since sport is a big part of journalism, there is also a special branch of journalism - sports journalism. The aim of this paper is to analyze how it is written in Sportske novosti about Croatian basketball. The research aims to determine whether the decline in the popularity of Croatian basketball is reflected in the writing in Croatian newspapers, in particular in Sportske novosti as the most popular daily sports newspaper in this region. Articles were researched, more precisely their size, value orientation and format. The types of titles and the intonation of titles and types of graphic equipment were also explored. In addition, the main actors of the article and the existence of guest commentators were explored. The research method used to obtain the results is the method of quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The study refuted the hypothesis that basketball would be more prevalent (a more important topic) in newspapers in 1990 compared to 2014. It also refuted the hypothesis that given the reputation of the players and basketball, there would be more in-depth analysis in 1990. compared to 2014. The confirmed hypothesis is that there are differences in journalistic style and way of presenting texts between the analyzed periods.With this research, it was achieved or proved that despite the decline in the quality of basketball, it was still better reported in 2014. than in 1990. On the basis of this paper, the hypothesis that differences in journalistic style and presentation of texts in 1990 and 2014 is confirmed.