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Free and premium resources for aspiring and professional sports broadcasters

Created by sportscasters, for sportscasters.

Sportscaster Life provides free and premium resources for sports broadcasters all over the world to improve their talents, develop new skills and become well-rounded members of the sports media community.

Sportscaster Scorebooks

Designed by sportscasters, for sportscasters. Scorebooks specifically made for play-by-play announcers to easily track, score and recap their games without losing focus on the action. Available for baseball, hockey, football and basketball broadcasters.

Feature Articles

The Story Behind “Matteau!”

DiscussionsBy Alex Rawnsley

Stick tap to Alberni Valley Bulldogs broadcaster Evan Hammond for posting this. Deadspin has profiled Howie Rose’s call of the Game 7 OT winner that propelled the New York Rangers into the Cup Final, and ultimately to a Stanley Cup over the Vancouver Canucks. Howie Rose was never one to…

Using VLOOKUP to search stats

Broadcast PrepBy Alex Rawnsley

Excel can be a powerful tool to help collect and organize information for your broadcasts. The follow video is a step by step tutorial on how to use functions in Excel to pull individual statistics for easy formatting on your spotting charts.

Excitement and Passion In the Booth

MiscBy Alex Rawnsley

I’m a firm believer in measured excitement. In fact, previous articles on Sportscaster Life have focused on keeping your cool on air, and not being a homer for your team. But as with most things, there is a time and a place for a certain level of excitement, and completely…

Fandom vs Journalism: When the Game Changes You

DiscussionsBy Alex Rawnsley

I’m not a fan. I haven’t really been a fan for the past 7 or so years. I might be in the minority, but as soon as I started covering hockey, it became very difficult for me to resonate with a team as a fan, and not as a professional.…

Why Use Our Scorebooks?

Sportscaster Life offers a full suite of scorebooks specifically designed for sports broadcasters.

Each scorebook is created by sportscasters, for sportscasters and are the result of a collective decades worth of experience calling a wide variety of sports.

Whether a seasoned pro, or new to the industry, Sportscaster Life’s scorebooks provide a quick, seamless way to track the game you’re calling…while keeping your focus on the game you’re calling .

Scorebook Special Features

Every Sportscaster Life scorebook comes with a dedicated, refined design packed full of special features designed to help sportscasters call their best game.