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A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action An announcer is a Voice actor who works in Television, Radio or Film, usually providing Narrations News updates Station It is North American terminology in origin. North American English is a collective term used for the varieties of the English language that are spoken in North America, namely in the United States The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports, on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor. Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. A team comprises a group of people or Animals linked in a common purpose A sportsperson ( British and American English) or athlete (principally American English is any person who participates regularly in a Sport. Color commentators are often former players and/or coaches of the sport being broadcasted.

In the United Kingdom the term “co-commentator" is used although commentary teams have a similar make-up, with one professional commentator describing the passage of play, and another, usually an ex-player or manager, providing supplementary input as the game progresses. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations The co-commentator will usually restrict his input to periods when the ball is out of play or there is no significant action on the pitch and will defer to the main commentator whenever there is a shot on goal or other significant event, sometimes resulting in their being talked-over or cut short by the primary commentator. Additionally, former players and managers appear as pundits, carrying out a similar role to the co-commentator during the build-up to the match, at half-time and at full-time. A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences

In Germany, most soccer matches feature just a single play-by-play announcer, without a color commentator, the play-by-play announcer there provides background information and statistics by himself. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In Spanish, the word comentarista is used, in opposition to relator who is the play-by-play announcer. In Brazil, the color commentator is usually referred as comentarista, like in Spanish. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For soccer broadcasts, Brazilian TV channels usually also use a specialized referee commentator in addition to the normal commentator (almost always a former player or coach). In Australia the term is not used; rather, those giving the analysis alongside the commentator are said to be giving special comments. In Sweden the term expertkommentator is used for a knowledgeable sidekick to the play-by-play announcer.

Though not always the case, in professional wrestling, the color commentator is usually a "heel sympathizer" (or a supporter of the "bad guys") as opposed to the play-by-play announcer, who is more or less the "voice of the fans" as well as supporters of the "good guys" (or babyfaces). Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains Though both are supposed to show neutral stance while announcing, the color commentator (especially when they support heels) are usually more blatant about their stance than the play-by-play announcer. Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan pioneered the "heel sympathizer" for color commentary in wrestling. Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Raymond Louis Heenan (born November 1, 1944) better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, is a former American Professional Both Jerry "The King" Lawler and JBL later made successful transitions into those roles, though Lawler has since shown more sympathy for faces (partially due to being over with fans after nearly 40 years in wrestling) while JBL has since returned to active wrestling. Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling John Charles Layfield (born November 29 1966 known by his current Ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL, is an American

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Mike Harris (born June 9, 1967 in Georgetown Ontario) is a Canadian curler Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the Joe Brolly ( Irish: Seosamh Ó Brollaigh; born 25 June 1969) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry Colm O'Rourke ( Irish: Colm Ó Ruairc is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland and a panellist on RTÉ's Jimmy Magee (born 1935 in New York City, United States) is a longstanding Irish sports broadcaster Ger Canning is an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association Hurling and football commentator Marty Morrissey is a commentator with the sports department of Ireland's national broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (pronounced Murahurtig (born August 29, 1930) is an Irish Gaelic games commentator for Radio Telifís Éireann Michael James O'Hehir, also known as Mícheál Ó hEithir ( 2 June, 1920 &ndash 24 November, 1996) was an Irish sports commentator Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Andrew Brickley (born August 9, 1961) is a former professional Hockey player who spent 14 seasons playing in the National Hockey League Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry, (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian hockey commentator for CBC Television. William H "Bill" Clement (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a retired professional Ice hockey player and a broadcaster Brian Kennedy Conacher (born August 31, 1941, in Toronto Ontario) was an NHL hockey player and hockey John Davidson (born February 27, 1953 in Ottawa Ontario, Canada) is the president of hockey operations of the St Darren Eliot (born November 26, 1961 in Milton, Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey Goaltender. Robert "Bob" Errey (born September 21, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player who John Murdoch Garrett (born June 17, 1951 in Trenton Ontario) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey Goaltender and television Brian Hayward (b June 25, 1960 in Georgetown, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender and Glenn Healy (born August 23 1962 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada) is director of player affairs for the National Hockey League Billy Jaffe (born April 2 1969 is a color analyst for the New York Islanders on Fox Sports Net New York Tom Larscheid born in Milwaukee Wisconsin is an American-born Canadian-based Radio sports broadcaster currently serving as the Colour commentator Craig Alan Laughlin (born May 4, 1958 in Toronto Ontario) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey player who played right wing Pierre McGuire is an Ice hockey analyst and provides Color commentary for hockey programs on TSN, and The NHL on NBC, where he is the game Joseph Robert Micheletti (born October 24, 1954 in International Falls Minnesota) is a hockey analyst and reporter Gregory Millen (born June 25, 1957 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian hockey Commentator analyst and was an Ice hockey Goaltender Gord Miller (born in Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian sportscaster for the Cable network, TSN. Harry Neale (born March 9, 1937 in Sarnia Ontario, Canada) is a Color commentator for the Buffalo Sabres, paired up with Edward Walter Olczyk (born August 16, 1966, Chicago Illinois, U Denis Charles Potvin (born October 29, 1953 is a former defenceman and team captain for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey Daryl "Razor" Reaugh (pronounced "Ray" born February 13, 1965 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, is a retired Mickey Redmond (born December 27 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch (born 10 July, 1948 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey Derek Michael Sanderson, nicknamed "Turk", (born June 16, 1946 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional Emmet E Tracy III (born December 20 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) better known as Tripp Tracy, is a retired American professional Ice hockey Keith Jones may refer to Keith Jones (footballer, English former footballer Keith Jones (ice hockey, Canadian former professional ice Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Randy Duane Couture (born June 22 1963 also known as "The Natural" and "Captain America" is an American actor and Mixed martial artist, Stephen “The Fight Professor” Quadros is an American broadcaster specializing in play-by-play and color commentary for the combat sports genre on cable pay-per-view and DVD Joe Rogan (born August 11 1967) is an American Comedian and Actor best known for his role as Joe Garrelli in Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (born February 24, 1965) is a Dutch Mixed martial arts fighter and Color commentator. 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Raymond Louis Heenan (born November 1, 1944) better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, is a former American Professional Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig – February 10 2003 also known by the Ring name Mr Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer most well-known for his former roles in Professional wrestling Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling John Charles Layfield (born November 29 1966 known by his current Ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL, is an American Hugo Savinovich (born February 15, 1959 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a former Ecuadorian professional wrestler and currently one Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known by his Ring name Raven, is an American Professional Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Raymond Scott Hudson is a professor of Electrical engineering and Computer science at Washington State University. Mark Madden (born December 29, 1960) is a newspaper Columnist, sports commentator, and Radio personality. Kevin Kelly may refer to Kevin Kelly (editor, founding executive director of Wired magazine Kevin Kelly (politician, an American James William "Jim" Ross (born January 3 1952 in Fort Bragg California He is known affectionately as "good ol'" J Virgil Riley Runnels Jr (born on October 12 1945) better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American Lawrence (Larry Whistler (born December 5 1953 is a professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Larry Zbyszko. "The Jackyl" redirects here For, see Jackal (disambiguation}}}. 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  1. (sports) At a sporting event, a member of the announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor.
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