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Syracuse, N.Y. – ESPN officials have decided to cancel Saturday's GameDay broadcast to Carrier Dome, due to Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's involvement in a deadly car accident on Wednesday night.
The game day of the ESPN University was scheduled to air Saturday at Carrier Dome from 11 am to noon.
Instead of coming to Syracuse, an ESPN official said GameDay would broadcast from the network's studios in Bristol, Conn.
Due to the recent tragedy, and after careful consideration due to the festive nature of the show, ESPN's GameDay College will be based at ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, this weekend. end, instead of Syracuse University, "read a statement Anna Negron, ESPN's media relations manager, said:" We spoke with school officials and they understood decision."
Boeheim was returning home on Interstate 690 East to Syracuse, after the Orange match against Louisville late Wednesday night, when he had knocked Jorge Jimenez. Jimenez was a passenger in a car involved in a previous accident. He and the other three people were out of his car
ESPN will still broadcast Saturday's game between Syracuse and Duke. The game is scheduled for 18 hours. ESPN's Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Maria Taylor will be at the rendezvous.
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