Tube 2, Boobs 0 in Weekend Sports Viewing Snafus

Technical issues keep baseball playoff, NFL game off air long enough to drive fans nuts
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 20, 2008 2:38 PM CDT
Tube 2, Boobs 0 in Weekend Sports Viewing Snafus
Buffalo QB Trent Edwards throws during the first half of the NFL football game against San Diego Chargers during a power outage at Ralph Wilson Stadium yesterday.   (AP Photo)

Power problems had fans hoping to catch the baseball playoffs and the NFL on TV this weekend howling, the AP reports, with a malfunction at TBS headquarters keeping the first 20 minutes of Tampa Bay’s Game 6 loss to visiting Boston off the airwaves Saturday. Yesterday, balloons snagged a transformer and cut power CBS needed to broadcast most of the first half of Chargers-Bills from Buffalo.

“People were in a little uproar because they thought we didn't put the game on,” said the manager of a tavern near Boston’s Fenway Park. “They were just screaming at us to put it on and try all the other stations—Fox, TNT.” Added the Bills’ owner: “Some guy with a beer said, ‘Why don't you pay your electricity bills?’ ‘I said, ‘I knew it would be my fault.’” (More NFL stories.)

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