postgame

American  

[pohst-geym] / ˈpoʊstˌgeɪm /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game.

   Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.

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noun

1. a broadcast program that provides a report and analysis of a sports game that has just ended.

   I heard the Astros postgame on the car radio.

Etymology

Origin of postgame

First recorded in 1930–35; post- ( def. ) + game ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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postgame

All that postgame sportsmanship started getting ridiculed as acquiescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Outside the stadium, bars, beaches and Metro stations became theaters of drama and triumph, culminating in hours-long revelry all throughout the city at after-parties and postgame celebrations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

During his meetings with founders, they put phones out on the conference table and then inch them toward him, like he is an athlete at a postgame interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The fans are mirroring the Mexican team’s postgame celebrations, which have included tossing Ochoa in the air after he played in his sixth and likely final World Cup game at Azteca Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The smell of postgame funk lingers in the girls’ locker room.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas