{"id":523391,"date":"2026-03-08T23:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523391\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:05:20","slug":"whats-wrong-with-larry-mcreynolds-nascar-fans-worried-about-broadcaster-during-phoenix-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523391\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s wrong with Larry McReynolds? NASCAR fans worried about broadcaster during Phoenix race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR fans watching Sunday&#8217;s race broadcast from Phoenix are concerned about Larry McReynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The analyst appeared on camera before the race with a side of his face drooping, and it caused race viewers to take to social media and wonder about a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>As something noticeable, and with the size of Fox broadcast crews and staff, it seems highly unlikely something like that would go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>It likely is a different situation for McReynolds.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s wrong with Larry McReynolds?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NASCAR\/comments\/1rof1ca\/guys_is_it_just_me_or_does_larry_mcreynolds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commentors on Reddit<\/a> have come up with a more likely explanation here: Bell&#8217;s Palsy.<\/p>\n<p>Bell&#8217;s Palsy is a temporary paralysis or weakness of one side of the face. It&#8217;s caused by an inflamed nerve, which can be impacted by viral infections.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/bells-palsy\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20370028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayo Clinic<\/a> says most people take three to six weeks to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing has been said publicly, so it&#8217;s hard to know for sure what may or may not be going on with McReynolds.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly notable that fans are concerned, but because it&#8217;s a noticeable ailment, it&#8217;s not something the Fox crew would just be igorning.<\/p>\n<p>Most likely, they know exactly what it is and are comfortable having McReynolds on set and working anyway.<\/p>\n<p>This is McReynolds&#8217; 26th season as a NASCAR analyst at Fox.<\/p>\n<p>More sports news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR fans watching Sunday&#8217;s race broadcast from Phoenix are concerned about Larry McReynolds. The analyst appeared on camera&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-523391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}