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Free and premium resources for aspiring and professional sports broadcasters

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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

Sports Talk Hosts “Click-baiting” On Air

MiscBy Alex Rawnsley

Last week, Jon Chelesnik over at STAA posted a short video (part of his “Fired Up Sportscasting” series) on sports talk. The video promoted the idea of sports talk hosts using teaser statements to retain an audience through a show, or TSL (time spent listening). In principal, this is a…

Vin Scully’s Prep Techniques

Broadcast PrepBy Alex Rawnsley

On Monday we talked about Vin Scully’s final game, final year and final call of his illustrious career. However in the process of gathering articles and video for that post, I came across an old video of Vin going over his prep techniques. It’s a fascinating 8 minute trip through…

Tips for Better Sounding Interviews

Tech & ProductionBy Alex Rawnsley

Interviews are a broadcaster’s bread and butter…and can often make or break a broadcast. A good interview will draw people in to a game, a bad one will send them running. While content, research and preparation are extremely important, the technical side of an interview is extremely important too, and…

Vin Scully Retirement Wrap

MiscBy Alex Rawnsley

It’s hard to think of a larger story in the sports broadcasting world over the last while than the retirement of Vin Scully from the Los Angeles Dodgers and baseball in general. A decade that spanned not just years or decades but generations at the highest level will likely never…

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.