Travel Tips From Sportswriters: How to Play the Game

Uncertain where his next business trip would take him but determined to get low hotel rates, Mike Monroe booked rooms in five different cities more than a month in advance. Then he canceled all the reservations he didn’t need.

Such are the lengths sportswriters go at playoff time to chase teams around the country on tight budgets.

In the sport of travel, pro basketball and hockey writers compete at an Olympic level. They study…