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sportscast

American  
[spawrts-kast, -kahst, spohrts-] / ˈspɔrtsˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈspoʊrts- /

noun

  1. a radio or television program consisting of sports sports news or of a running description of a sports sports event.


sportscast British  
/ ˈspɔːtsˌkɑːst /

noun

  1. a radio or television broadcast consisting of sports news

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • sportscaster noun

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

Peter Krause and Josh Charles star as sportscast co-anchors Casey McCall and Dan Rydell, with Felicity Huffman playing Casey's on-and-off love interest Dana Whitaker, the show's executive producer.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2020

“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