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
No farewell to Roggin would be proper without an acknowledgment of the significant role he played in revitalizing the nightly local sportscast here and elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023
She was unfazed: How much different could it be than anchoring a sportscast?
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
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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