sportscaster

[ spawrts-kas-ter ]

noun

a television or radio broadcaster who reports sports news or provides a running description of a sports event: With the options now available, you can watch a televised game with the audio coming from the radio sportscaster of your choice.

Origin of sportscaster

First recorded in 1930–35; sportscast + -er¹

I remember a football player, Joe Montana, once said that he thought in addition to talent and teammates and all that, a big part of his success was his name because he thought that sportscasters liked saying his name.
Jane Levy? Arrived. In One Piece? Just About | Pallabi Munsi | May 12, 2021 | Ozy
Erin Andrews is a sportscaster, personality, actress and reporter on Fox’s lead NFL broadcasting crew.
How Erin Andrews Predicts the Future | Joshua Eferighe | April 14, 2021 | Ozy
He began as a TV sportscaster in Steubenville, Ohio, and Raleigh, N.C.
NBC’s Jerry Sandusky Debacle | Diane Dimond | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
One year, in the same poll, he was voted both the best-liked and most–hated sportscaster.
The Only Sportscaster That Mattered: New Biography of Howard Cosell | Robert Lipsyte | November 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was instead just a master broadcaster, a sportscaster where Beck had been a Top-40 DJ.
The End of the Wingnuts? | John Avlon | January 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

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