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Cleveland Guardians' first baseman David Fry celebrates a home run against the Detroit Tigers with coach Rouglas Odor on Oct. 10, 2024.

ALDS Tigers-Guardians clinching game moved up seven hours over weather

Game 5 of this series will now start at 1:08 p.m. ET Saturday on TBS and Max.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 11, 2024 1
Louisville Cardinals wide receiver Jadon Thompson (2) scores a touchdown against the Austin Peay Governors during the second quarter at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.

Louisville sports radio host, meteorologist feud over football game forecast

"Lies"

By Sean Keeley OnSep 1, 2024 1
Portland Trail Blazers broadcast goes split screen with a weather report

The Portland Trail Blazers were so bad the broadcast went split screen with the weather

"First off, I do want to clarify, not certified as a meteorologist."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 12, 2024 0
August

Masters Live feed catches tree falling at the 17th tee

The Masters Live feed caught heavy winds down a massive tree at Augusta National.

By Ken Fang OnApr 7, 2023 0
Mark Woodley covering weather on KWWL

Iowa sports reporter returns to weather beat after viral rant: ‘It’s pandesnownium!’

"You all put me out here for the second time in a month to try and torture me, but the joke's on you."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 0
A shot from a postponed USFL game on Sunday, April 17.

USFL sees end of first weekend disrupted by weather, with Tampa Bay Bandits-Pittsburgh Maulers game moved to Monday

The Bandits-Maulers game will now air at 7 p.m. ET Monday on FS1.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 17, 2022 0
Penn State-Michigan State without a first-down line.

Penn State-Michigan State got so snowy the ABC broadcast couldn’t use the yellow first-down line

"The snow makes that technologically impossible at the moment until we can clear off some of those lines."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 27, 2021 0
A graphic showing Hartford with a 154-degree high.

A weather data error saw Hartford listed with a high of 154 degrees on multiple TV station graphics

A data error suggested it got really, really hot in Hartford.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 12, 2021 0
The Stars' and Mavericks' arena, American Airlines Center.

Predators-Stars postponed thanks to weather-related state of emergency in Dallas, with postponement coming an hour before game

"I don’t know the status of that grid, but frankly, the Stars game is not critical infrastructure. It’s just not."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 15, 2021 0
The NASCAR track at Fort Worth during a rain delay Monday.

For the first time since 2011, a NASCAR Cup Series race has been delayed to Tuesday due to weather

It's quite rare to see a weather delay bump a NASCAR Cup Series race to Tuesday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 26, 2020 4
Justin Thomas at the Workday Charity Open.

PGA Tour moves Workday Charity Open final round up to 7 a.m. ET, streaming coverage will start on CBSSports.com at 11 a.m. ET

Because of projected thunderstorms in the area Sunday afternoon, the final round of the Workday Charity Open will now start at 7 a.m. Eastern, with streaming coverage beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 11, 2020 1
Chris Murphy of The Weather Network was knocked down by a gust of wind Friday.

The Weather Network’s Chris Murphy got knocked over by a massive gust of wind during a Newfoundland storm report

"I'm okay! The wind just blew me down!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 17, 2020 2
A Birmingham Bowl delay update on ESPN.

ESPN pivoted to studio shows during Boston College-Cincinnati Birmingham Bowl weather delay

A Birmingham Bowl weather delay forced ESPN to go to studio programming, first with college football discussion and then later with a NFL Live rerun.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 2, 2020 0
Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS.

Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS apologizes for not interrupting Eagles-Cowboys for a tornado warning

"When it comes to dealing with severe weather, we know that seconds matter. We should have broken into football programming sooner. We apologize and want you to know that we’re doing everything in our power to make sure this does not happen again."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 21, 2019 5
George Flickinger

Meteorologist once fired for breaking into sports programming defends breaking into sports programming for tornado warning

"This weekend, per our severe weather policy, we broke into programming with the tornado warning and allowed you to continue watching Game 7 on a split screen. But apparently, that upset some of you."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 23, 2019 0
The Fox 8 New Orleans Super Bowl forecast.

Fox 8 New Orleans weather forecast is “30 percent chance of rain, 100 percent chance of not watching the Super Bowl”

Well, that's certainly one way to deliver a Super Bowl Sunday forecast.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 1, 2019 3
A hole in the roof at Toronto's Rogers Centre put Monday's game in doubt.

Blue Jays try to copy Padres’ weather tweet thanks to roof, then have game canceled anyway thanks to falling ice

The Jays' "our game will be played as expected" tweet bragging about their roof wound up going wrong thanks to falling ice punching a hole in that roof.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 16, 2018 0

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Wind and rain in LSU-Tennessee sees fan hit by scoreboard piece, lost lights, and ESPN switching to sideline cameras

People in Columbus missed the UK-UNC ending because of a failed weather update

North Carolina beat Kentucky in thrilling fashion to reach the Final Four on Sunday. UNC’s Luke Maye hit...

By Matt Yoder OnMar 26, 2017 5

D.C. news coverage has Ovechkin on snow, “We’re from Russia so we always have that kind of stuff”

Sometimes, the “man on the street” interview leads to some surprising subjects, and sometimes they’re even famous hockey...

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 22, 2016 65

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