{"id":308966,"date":"2026-05-26T09:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308966\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:13:21","slug":"espn-hot-mic-captures-vulgar-comment-during-college-softball-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308966\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN hot mic captures vulgar comment during college softball broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The second-ranked Texas Longhorns softball team clinched the Austin Super Regional and earned a trip <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179407\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Women&#8217;s College World Series<\/a>, with a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Sunday. But the victory was overshadowed by an explicit hot mic moment.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">ESPN microphones picked up an unidentified person whispering obscene remarks after Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan got ahead 1-0 against the opposing batter.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A male voice was then heard over the microphone directing listeners \u2014 and likely viewers \u2014 to lick a specific part of his anatomy, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179408\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2058710078921040341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video showed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The remark, however, did not seem to distract play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown, who continued the broadcast without acknowledging it.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179409\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McCombs-Field-general-view.jpeg\" alt=\"Red &amp; Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Texas, before a college softball game.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A general view of Red &amp; Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Texas, before the SEC college softball game between Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Volunteers on April 12, 2025. (David Buono\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;You\u2019re going to compete for national championships as an assistant, and then they\u2019re going to send you off,&#8221; Brown said while discussing Arizona State manager Megan Bartlett\u2019s track record of developing assistants.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179410\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/umpire-curses-himself-out-hot-mic-after-missing-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UMPIRE CURSES HIMSELF OUT ON HOT MIC AFTER MISSING CALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Sunday&#8217;s moment was just one of several surprising developments leading up to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arizona-State-softball-gear.jpeg\" alt=\"Arizona State Sun Devils softball helmet on field during game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>An Arizona State Sun Devils softball helmet is shown during a college softball game between the CSUN Matadors and Arizona State Sun Devils at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., on Feb. 10, 2019. (Jacob Snow\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A celebration involving former <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179411\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA<\/a> star Jason Williams and his daughter, Mia, led to Williams\u2019 ejection during Texas Tech\u2019s game against Florida over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mia hit a two-run homer to help push the Red Raider past the Gators, her former team, last Friday.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-general.jpg\" alt=\"NCAA signage displayed before Division II women's softball championship game at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>NCAA signage is displayed before the Division II women&#8217;s softball championship game between the UT Tyler Patriots and Western Washington Vikings at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood, Fla., on May 25, 2024. (Tyler Schank\/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Texas will take on the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179413\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/tennessee-volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tennessee Volunteers<\/a> on Thursday in the double-elimination round of the Women\u2019s College World Series.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179414\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_6179415\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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