ESPN star Kirk Herbstreit fired back at criticism for having his dog with him during the college football broadcast of a game between LSU and USC.
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is not here for any kind of criticism toward his beloved canine, Ben. Ben was in the booth with him and Rece Davis as the two called the LSU-USC game on Sunday night to help mark the official start of the college football season. Ben was seen lying down behind the two ESPN veterans as the game wore on.
Ben accidentally interrupted Herbstreit and Davis as the two got ready. It allowed for ESPN to have a wider shot behind the two commentators and give fans a glimpse of the production team. However, any criticism of his golden retriever being in the booth with him was immediately pushed back on. Herbstreit made his feelings known on X. Herbstreit is clearly doing the best he can to make his dog’s life as comfortable as possible as it deals with leukemia.
Ben is always ready. We’ve had a tough offseason. I haven’t really told anybody this, he got diagnosed with leukemia and most recently had to have an operation where they had to take a couple of masses,' Herbstreit said on 'The Brett Boone Podcast' last month. 'They had to open him up and took out his spleen where there was a mass and then another mass on his intestine, which is a pretty big procedure when you’re 10 years old.
So, I am praying every day for him and hoping that he’s going to be OK – first of all just to be OK and then, secondly, hope to be able to take him on the road with me again this year.' Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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