AN ESPN commentator was forced to apologize after her remarks led to an awkward silence.
The moment happened during a WNBA game and led to an immediate rephrase.
Rebecca Lobo made an awkward remark during a live ESPN broadcast[/caption]
She was on air with Pam Ward (right) when the incident happened[/caption]
Rebecca Lobo, 51, was commentating on the Indiana Fever‘s game against the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.
She was on the call with Pam Ward when her comment fell flat.
Lobo disagreed with a foul call made by officials in the final minute of the game.
Her co-commentator Ward told Lobo on air, “The disagree with you.”
And Lobo then responded, “They do and I disagree with them.
“And that’s fine,” Lobo added.
“That’s what makes America great, right Pam Ward?”
An awkward silence then followed with Ward not responding to the remarks.
“I should rephrase that,” Lobo then said.
Ward suggested Lobo instead say that there was a “difference of opinion.”
And her broadcast partner then apologized before the pair continued their call.
Lobo played in the WNBA from 1997 to 2003 with most of her career at the New York Liberty.
She won gold representing the US at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lobo was also a WNBA All-Star during her short career in the pros.
Her time in college also resulted in a NCAA title with the University of Connecticut Huskies.
The team went undefeated through the entire 1995 season with Lobo as captain.
She was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press that year.
And Lobo was also named NCAA Women’s Basketball Player of the Year among her numerous accolades.
She joined ESPN in 2004 as a WNBA and women’s college basketball analyst.
And her voice is usually heard on coverage of the NCAA Final Four.
