Sports commentator There are however exceptions to this — most of the United Kingdom's leading cricket and snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the former Formula One racing commentator Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own. In the United States, George "Pat" Summerall, a former professional kicker, spent most of his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer. Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator is standard , in the past it was much more common for a broadcast to have no analysts and just have a single
John Gwynne (commentator) John Gwynne (commentator) Richard John Gwynne (born 23 April 1945) is a British former teacher and now a sports commentator and reporter. He was a commentator for the PDC darts tournaments which air on Sky Sports. In February 2013 he announced he was to step down in the summer. The 2016 World Championship was his last tournament for Sky Sports. In 2014, he was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame. Later in 2014, Gwynne began commentating on Eurosport for BDO darts tournaments such as the Six Nations Cup and the Winmau World Masters. John still steps in occasionally for