“Moments before munching on a salad at an upscale Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, Andrés Cantor was stopped by a worker for a brief conversation in Spanish. After dinner, another worker hailed him down to take a photograph together near the car valet stand. … Cantor is a soccer celebrity currently starring in his 10th men’s World Cup. But his great physical skill is not precision dribbling of Lionel Messi or the acceleration of Kylian Mbappé. It is his buoyant and limber voice. As a play-by-play announcer for the Spanish-speaking network Telemundo, Cantor must capture the explosive moment whenever a player finds the back of the net. And he does not treat ‘gol,’ or ‘goal,’ as a typical one-syllable word. He enthusiastically elongates it, stretching the word for upward of 10 seconds, while curling his lips and cupping his hand near his ear. …”
NY Times (Video)