Everything about Sportscaster totally explained
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. Sportscasting is often done
live, "in real-time". In
British English the terms sportscaster and sports announcer are not used; the usual terms are sport commentator, presenter or broadcaster.
Sportscaster is also a primarily
American English term for
sportsreader — someone who reads sports news.
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.
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. 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.
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. However,
Brad Daugherty, a former professional
basketball player, currently appears on coverage of
NASCAR auto racing on
ESPN.
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.
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