sports analyst
Athletic event interpreter
A sports analyst is someone who studies and comments on athletic competitions, teams, and players.
Analysts may work in broadcasting, providing commentary during games or on studio shows, or they may work behind the scenes helping teams evaluate opponents and draft prospects.
The role ranges from former athletes offering insights on television to statisticians building predictive models: The sports analyst broke down the team's defensive weaknesses.
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- broadcasterOne who transmits programs
- punditProfessional opinion-giver
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
statistics · game film · predictions · highlights · replay · halftime · scoreboard · microphone · breakdown · ESPN · studio · play-by-play · color · press box · insight · debate · rankings · draft
- commentatorscommentator, news commentator, color commentator, political commentator, social commentator
- sports careersathletic trainer, scout, referee, umpire, team doctor
- analysts
- punditrypundit, commentator, talking head, columnist, opinion writer
- predictorsforecaster, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- evaluatorsevaluator, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, critic
sports analystathlete
Sports competitor
player · competitor · referee · performer · coach
sports analystcasual fan
Lightly interested follower
homer · superfan · bandwagon fan · fair-weather fan · armchair quarterback
sport, analyst, sports, analysts, sporting, sporty, sportive, sportsman, sportsmanship