sportscast
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sportscast
First recorded in 1940–45; sports + (broad)cast
Example Sentences
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“We went from burning the flag to waving the flag,” says veteran ABC announcer Al Michaels, who delivered the live sportscast and the emphatic “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
I remember an argument in the parking lot afterward between Saberhagen’s parents over who was going to take their son to Channel 4’s Burbank studios to appear on the 11 p.m. sportscast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
“New Horizons in Music Appreciation” presents the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in the form of a sportscast.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2015
Former Washington basketball All-American Bob Houbregs died Wednesday at 82, and one local sportscast devoted 18 seconds to the story, while pronouncing Houbregs’ name wrong.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2014
Former coach Steve Mariucci gave her the full sportscast treatment.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2012
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