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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Following his time coaching, the charismatic NFL personality would move into a broadcast role with CBS in 1979 as a color commentator.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Sanchez, who was a Fox Sports color commentator, is set to go on trial next month on charges stemming from an altercation last month in Indianapolis that left him and a 69-year-old man hospitalized.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
Former Cincinnati Bengals tight end and longtime NBC color commentator Bob Trumpy died at age 80.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Myers has served as an NBA analyst and color commentator during the past two seasons.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Sanchez, who was a Fox Sports color commentator, is set to go on trial next month on charges stemming from an altercation last month in Indianapolis that left him and a 69-year-old man hospitalized.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
Former Cincinnati Bengals tight end and longtime NBC color commentator Bob Trumpy died at age 80.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Myers has served as an NBA analyst and color commentator during the past two seasons.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Color commentator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20commentator. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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