ABC affiliates air English and Spanish audio together during Indiana Fever vs. Seattle Storm

ABC had some technical difficulties coming back from halftime this afternoon in the game between the Indiana Fever and Seattle Storm.

For some reason in certain markets, the English audio ran together with the Spanish audio for the game between the Fever and Storm. Below is a shared example of how it sounded coming out of halftime during an in-game interview with Christie Sides from the start of the third quarter.

Viewers in various regions have reported hearing both English and Spanish audio on the ABC broadcast of the Storm-Fever WNBA game.

Here's an example of this from the San Antonio ABC affiliate (KSAT): pic.twitter.com/fyCjFrYiOS

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This was a nationwide issue for the channel with it reportedly happening in areas like San Antonio, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Watertown, New York. Each of those cities have affiliates there but have different companies owning them.

There was already a lot happening in this game, even if it turned into a wide margin in the end. It was then even harder to follow along with for some in having to decipher it all between the two sets of audio in separate languages.

Christie Sides, Noelle Quinn heatedly exchange words, later hug postgame

After a win for the Indiana Fever over the Seattle Storm, the head coaches of the two team had a meeting and discussion in the handshake line postgame.

Following the 92-75 victory for Indy inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Christie Sides and Noelle Quinn had a long talk with one another at the scorers table around midcourt in the final seconds. However, the pair seemed to have resolved it by the time of the final buzzer with them hugging one another afterward.

Christie Sides and Noelle Quinn exchanging some words at the end of this game.

The two hugged in the handshake line and looked like Sides was apologizing pic.twitter.com/k0ZHEDgloA

— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) August 18, 2024

The broadcast speculated that the conversation may have been over when the two sides decided to empty their respective benches to close the 92-75 win for Indiana.

This came after the fourth quarter turned their matinee matchup on Sunday from a competition into a blowout. Although a one-point difference entering the final frame, the Fever closed with a 33-17 finish in the fourth to take the 17-point final margin at home.

Most of that was due to the scoring and three-point shooting for Indiana. They had three players with 20-plus points with Kelsey Mitchell (27), Caitlin Clark (23), and Lexie Hull (22). The trio combined for 14 of the 15 makes for their team from distance with five, three, and six respectively as the Fever hit 48.4% on threes.

In a contested game with a month to go in the regular season, you can see where things could get testy in the last moments. It was not much in the end, though, with the two coaches settling it by the eventual finish of the game.