sportscastress

plural sportscastresses

1. rareA female sportscaster.

   Berler is now a full-fledged "sportscastress," with a regular time slot.

   1991, W.C.D.B. 91FM Program Guide

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   A few grapefruit league scores and an introduction to the sportscastress as the hostess of the Monday session was about all there was time for, apart from a plug for N. Y. Giant-owned Mayfair Inn in Sanford, Fla., where viewers were assured / (Continued on page 11)

   1952 April 5, The Billboard, page 3, column 5

   Mrs. Chastain, born in Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Atlanta, Ga., and married to an industrial designer, was packing for a trip and somewhat harried when called this week to see how she felt about her new job. “I knew I’d probably sign up with CBS,” laughed the sportscastress, who slightly resembles Mary Tyler Moore.

   1974 October 27, Green Bay Press-Gazette, page 80

   Asked about Jane Chastain, the sportscastress from Miami, Wussler said, “She hasn’t got off to the best possible start.”

   1974 November 14, Florida Today

   Concord Publishing Ex-Miss America Phyllis George (now the CBS-TV sportscastress) has the first sign of superstardom: unloaded longplay manager Llyod Kolmer Jerry Stiller’s tryout of the new “Three on a Runway” comedy busted toe 50-year-old house record at the Dennis, Mass. Cape Playhouse.

   1976 August 27, Bradford Era, page 7

   >Thank God; now if the other show can just get rid of the chirpy former / >sportscaster Robin Roberts, progress will be getting made. / God did not intend for there to be women sportscasters, er, sportscastresses.

   2003 April 18, Joe Gillis, “Re: WEHT Hannah Storm on Early Show”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet), message-ID <20030418133742.18878.00000232@mb-m18.aol.com>