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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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).
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
With the first half clock winding down Monday, ESPN color commentator and Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman discussed the Browns’ quarterback situation.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
The current Monday Night Football color commentator was a part of the last Cowboys team to win a Super Bowl back in 1995.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
As a former Hawks winger and later color commentator during the team’s run of three Stanley Cups in the 2010s, Olczyk also will have to judge the worthiness of several members of those teams for future induction: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Corey Crawford, among others.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
With the first half clock winding down Monday, ESPN color commentator and Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman discussed the Browns’ quarterback situation.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
The current Monday Night Football color commentator was a part of the last Cowboys team to win a Super Bowl back in 1995.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
As a former Hawks winger and later color commentator during the team’s run of three Stanley Cups in the 2010s, Olczyk also will have to judge the worthiness of several members of those teams for future induction: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Corey Crawford, among others.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Color commentator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20commentator. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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