A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Sportscasting is often done live, "in real-time". "Live TV" redirects here For the British TV station formerly known by this name see L!VE TV. In British English the terms sportscaster and sports announcer are not used; the usual terms are sport commentator, presenter or broadcaster. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the
Sportscaster is also a primarily American English term for sportsreader — someone who reads sports news. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology.
Roles of sportscasters
Sportscasters can be defined into two narrow categories. Play-by-play announcers are the primary speakers, valued for their articulateness and ability to describe the events of an often fast-moving event. 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 Color commentators are valued for experience and insight into the game, and are often asked questions by the play-by-play announcer to give them a topic for analysis. 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 The latter most often have gained their experience in the sport as a player and/or coach, while the former is more likely to be a professional broadcast journalist than a participant in the sport, although there are numerous exceptions to these general trends.
The most common format for a television broadcast is to have one of each type. An example is NBC Sunday Night Football, which is called by John Madden, a former head coach, and Al Michaels, a professional announcer. NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly Television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player a former head coach with the Oakland Raiders, a football Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American Television Sportscaster.
Another difference between the two types is that color commentators will almost always announce only the sport they come from, while play-by-play announcers - such as Michaels, Howard David, and Mike Patrick - may have careers in which they call several different sports at one time or another. Howard David is a veteran American sportscaster Biography Over the years David has been the radio Play-by-play man for several pro sports teams including Mike Patrick is an American Sportscaster. Mike begins each of his broadcasts by saying "It's great to have you with us However, Brad Daugherty, a former professional basketball player, currently appears on coverage of NASCAR auto racing on ESPN. Bradley Lee Daugherty (born October 19 1965 in Black Mountain, North Carolina) is an American former Basketball player at the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and one or more color commentators is standard today, in the past it was much more common for a play-by-play announcer to work alone. Vin Scully, longtime announcer for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, is one of few examples of this practice still existing today. Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA
See also
External links
- Sportscasters.info - An internet database of (mostly) American sportscasters. This is a list of sports announcers/commentators. Please note that those networks included must have national exposure not regional 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
- [1] - An internet radio show that interviews America's top sports announcers. Hosted by writer and sports broadcasting historian John Lewis.
Dictionary
sportscaster
-noun
- One who reports sporting events on television or radio. (Primarily used in North American English.)
- A person who comments, presents, and reports sport events.
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