5.21.2006

World Wise Leader In Sports

ESPN's famed SportsCenter went nine minutes on Sunday morning without turning up the announcers' microphones. The insane background music was there during highlights and we heard plenty of "swish" and "swoosh" when a graphic would fall into place on the screen - just no voices. Then a test screen pattern with the words "NHRA COLUMUS" popped on the screen, and the voices were on. They never acknowledged this very odd emergency break.