ESPN Reporter Holly Rowe Muscles Away Fellow Reporter for On-Field Interview With Brady Hoke

The scene on the football field can be a little bit wild after a bowl game. There are players exchanging their shoulder pads for championship T-shirts, coaches getting doused in Gatorade, and of course, reporter-on-reporter violence.

That last part was there on Tuesday night, at least, after the Michigan Wolverines beat the Virginia Tech Hokies in overtime of the Sugar Bowl.

One reporter looking to impress her bosses — or, just as likely, working on a tight deadline — tried to grab a quick quote from Michigan head coach Brady Hoke. That, however, interfered with the plans of ESPN’s Holly Rowe, who had to do a live interview with the coach right on the field. Doing so can be difficult when another woman is interviewing the same man, so, pressed for options, Rowe straightened her forearm, stuck out her elbow and boxed out the competition from stealing the first words from a victorious Hoke.

All’s fair in love, war and interviews.

(You can watch all of this in the Video of the Day section below.)

Photo of the Day

Was this the best hit of the night?

Screen shot from YouTube

Quote of the day

“Andrew Bynum: 21 points, 22 rebounds, three blocks. He’s 24. Anyone think he can’t be a franchise player?”
–Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix, via Twitter, leaving out the most important stat: 124 missed games from 2007-11

Tweet of the day

Henrik Sedin hated this tweet. But he’s not going to do anything about it.