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 color commentator is former hooper Antonio Daniels, who is fantastic as well.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Years before launching The Joe Rogan Experience in 2009, the star made a name for himself as an actor, comedian, and TV personality, appearing in the sitcoms Hardball and NewsRadio, and serving as a color commentator at UFC bouts.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
This technology, which relies on NLP, can also be used by leagues and broadcasters can auto-detect the speech of their commentary team, including both the play-by-play and color commentator.
—Vinayak S., Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Walker also made what looked like a bad read on a third-and-2 pass to White in the fourth quarter (as color commentator Mike Robinson noted, running back Kobe Lewis was open in the flat for a first down).
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Years before launching The Joe Rogan Experience in 2009, the star made a name for himself as an actor, comedian, and TV personality, appearing in the sitcoms Hardball and NewsRadio, and serving as a color commentator at UFC bouts.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
This technology, which relies on NLP, can also be used by leagues and broadcasters can auto-detect the speech of their commentary team, including both the play-by-play and color commentator.
—Vinayak S., Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Walker also made what looked like a bad read on a third-and-2 pass to White in the fourth quarter (as color commentator Mike Robinson noted, running back Kobe Lewis was open in the flat for a first down).
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Color commentator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20commentator. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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