color commentator
noun
US
: a person whose job is to make interesting comments on a radio or television broadcast about the things that are happening in a sports contest
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The Lakers will likely have a more formal interview with Redick, who is a color commentator for ABC’s broadcast of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks.
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
This season, however, one highly visible analyst, who happens to be the lead color commentator for Fox Sports, broadcaster of this season’s Super Bowl, can’t partake in this valuable pre-game reporting process.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
So were Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart, throwing out the first pitch, and Dallas Braden, now a color commentator, choking up in the booth.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
As Seth Smith dashed home to score the winning run, the late Ray Fosse, then working the radio call as a color commentator, let out a scream from the deepest depths of his soul.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
This season, however, one highly visible analyst, who happens to be the lead color commentator for Fox Sports, broadcaster of this season’s Super Bowl, can’t partake in this valuable pre-game reporting process.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
So were Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart, throwing out the first pitch, and Dallas Braden, now a color commentator, choking up in the booth.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
As Seth Smith dashed home to score the winning run, the late Ray Fosse, then working the radio call as a color commentator, let out a scream from the deepest depths of his soul.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Color commentator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20commentator. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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