sportscast

Athletic event broadcast

A sportscast is a broadcast of sports news or a live sporting event on radio or television.

The term combines sports with broadcast, parallel to newscast.

A sportscaster is the person who delivers it: He's been a sportscaster for ESPN since 2005.

To sportscast is to perform this role.

live

real-time

Occurring without processing delay

field · on-location · instant · simulcast · feed · transmission · delay · stadium · arena · venue

broadcast

telecast

Transmitted television program

anchor · sideline · halftime · highlights · replay · footage · recap · segment · feature · exclusive

commentary

play-by-play

Real-time event narration

  • colorVisual hue property
  • analystOne who examines systematically
  • punditProfessional opinion-giver

announcer · narration · insight · opinion · critique · perspective · observation · reaction · summary · narrative

analysis

statistics

Collected numerical information

prediction · strategy · tactics · performance · evaluation · assessment · standings · rankings · trends · data

Categories
Opposites
broadcast content type

sportscastnewscast

Broadcast of current events

news broadcast · weather forecast · weather report · hard news · political coverage

Family

sportscaster, sportscasters, sportscasts

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G