sportscaster
[ spawrts-kas-ter ]
/ ˈspɔrtsˌkæs tər /
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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.
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Origin of sportscaster
First recorded in 1930–35; sportscast + -er1
Words nearby sportscaster
sports bar, sports bra, sports cap, sports car, sportscast, sportscaster, sportscasting, sports coat, sportsdom, sport shirt, sports jacket
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Example sentences from the Web for sportscaster
Erin Andrews is a sportscaster, personality, actress and reporter on Fox’s lead NFL broadcasting crew.
He began as a TV sportscaster in Steubenville, Ohio, and Raleigh, N.C.
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|DAILY BEASTHe was instead just a master broadcaster, a sportscaster where Beck had been a Top-40 DJ.