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Ben Maller has this tidbit from the Rocky Mountain News. I'm simply surprised this doesn't happen more often.
During a Wednesday ESPN game, a miked Jerry Sloan used a four-letter word after addressing his team at halftime. OK, it had an "ing" at the end, making it actually seven letters. What makes it such a problem is Sloan's speech wasn't live. "We apologize for the inadvertent expletive during a taped halftime segment Wednesday night during the Utah-Phoenix telecast," ESPN spokesman Mark Mandel said, reading a prepared statement. "It was said quietly, and we missed it." ESPN and NBA officials have been in communication with the Jazz. NBA spokesman Mark Broussard said it was a "mistake" in that the "approved segment ran 2 seconds too long."
Seriously, I'm surprised we don't see this all the time. In fact, we do see words mouthed silently on the sidelines, don't we? Like many sports fans, I usually watch with the sound all the way down and some tunes on or whatnot. Always fun to play "guess the expletive" when they show an irate coach or player.
