sportscasting

[spawrts-kas-ting, -kah-sting, spohrts-]

noun

1. the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.

2. the occupation of a sportscaster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sportscasting¹

First recorded in 1965–70; sportscast + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The call from ringside, by the king of obnoxious sportscasting, Howard Cosell, marked the fight and the fighters for the ages.

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Gooden hemmed and hawed and said he didn’t quite know, until Miller suggested he try sportscasting.

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This profession demands a new prime directive: an unswerving commitment to truth-telling, rather than cheerleading, sportscasting or seeking to win a popularity contest.

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She appeared to have jettisoned that persona, in the same way she once discarded beauty pageants and sportscasting.

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He went into sportscasting, where it helps to be showy, or at least a little glib.

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