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ESPN bails on Tourney game for pregameCourtesy
Albany Times Union
(May 24, 2010) It’s never good for a network to leave a live sporting event before its end, but Saturday’s move by ESPN was downright peculiar.
At 7:59 p.m., with one out to go in an NCAA softball tournament game between Georgia Tech and Auburn, play-by-play announcer Beth Mowins said, “Let’s send it right now to the studio with Steve Bunin.” Bunin immediately said, “We have technical issues which prevent us from showing you the finish of that game.” Technical issues? There were no technical issues. The video and audio were fine. What undoubtedly happened is that the softball already had cut halfway into ESPN’s “NBA Shootaround” pregame show for the Celtics-Magic Game 3. Then, Bunin and someone named Garland Cooper spent the next two minutes talking about the tournament. Before they left the air at 8:02 p.m., Bunin and Cooper informed us that the game was over, and Georgia Tech had won. ESPN couldn’t have stayed with the softball for one more out? _______________________
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