How do sports commentators remember everyone’s names?

Question

Do they have to do a tonne of research on each player before the game and how do they recognise players from lesser known nations?

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Answer 1

They live and breathe their sport. I had a roommate that wanted to be a sports caster and the depth and granularity of his knowledge was astounding. He knew that the third string middle blocker back had just been dumped by his girlfriend and was a little off the game.