That's Going to Be a Long Distance Call

Sideline reporter Danyelle Sargent made an unfortunate error during a pregame interview with Mike Singletary.



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Unfortunately Bill Walsh passed away last year. The presence of Mike Francesa on this clip just makes it even better. Could he have been any more cavalier about it? "Bill Walsh is dead."

I have a couple of questions about this. First of all, how did she ever get the idea that Singletary called Walsh? Did she completely make up that part about the phone call? Did she mean someone else? Since she stopped in the middle of this question, this obviously was being taped. So how did this embarrassing mistake make it onto youtube? The cameraman or producer who leaked it obviously meant to humiliate Sargent. And even though she deserves the ridicule, the leaker should be fired.

Since the incident never aired FOX lodged a complaint with the NFL about Miked Up's unauthorized use of the clip. Francesa was even forced to apologize for it.

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Update: Sargent now says she meant to ask Singletary about the phone call he made to Walsh when he first got into coaching. And she accidentally said when he got the job. She also said the clip came off a live feed that goes to all affiliates. She says Miked Up should have known better than to use the clip because she stopped in the middle, waved in front of the camera and talked to her producer. That should have a been tip to anyone watching that this was not live, and did not go out over air. I agree with her on that point.