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By Arthur Weinstein on

There are several things you don’t usually see at Fenway Park. A college football game. Snow. And a reporter playing Wiffle ball and making snow angels in the outfield during the game.

All that happened Saturday during the Fenway Bowl at the historic home of the Boston Red Sox.

The game wasn’t very interesting, as the UConn Huskies jumped out to a 27-7 lead over the North Carolina Tar Heels in the third quarter (they won, 27-14). But sideline reporter Coley Harvey seemed to be having a great time down on the field. Well, the portion of the baseball field outside the gridiron surface.

Between plays midway through the third quarter, the ESPN camera cut to Harvey making snow angels in a mound of snow near the outfield wall.

“This is what we want to see now,” play-by-play announcer Chris Cotter observed.

“He’s got those waterproof pants on,” added color analyst Mark Herzlich.

After the Tar Heels punted and the broadcast got set for a commercial break, the camera cut back to a shot of Harvey playing Wiffle ball. An assistant tossed him a pitch and he hammered it toward the Green Monster, then flipped his bat.


“Even got booed by the crowd here in Boston,” Herzlich noted.

That’s not surprising. Boston fans have watched legends such as David Ortiz, Wade Boggs and Nomar Garciaparra smack baseballs off the Green Monster. It’s almost sacred ground for many fans.

“When in Boston … ” Cotter concluded.

The Fenway Bowl, which began in 2022, features teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference. There are still a few kinks to work out for ESPN in broadcasting a football game at a baseball stadium. Saturday’s broadcast featured the right-field foul pole obstructing the view at one point.


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Arthur spends his free time traveling around the U.S. to sporting events, state and national parks, and in search of great restaurants off the beaten path.

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