Reporter gets hit in the head with football on live TV, styles it out like a pro
Best. Recovery. Ever.
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If you're reporting live from the sideline of a sports game, there's always an outside chance something unexpected might happen.
Just ask TV host Melissa Stark, who was in London covering the Tennessee Titans vs. the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
A few seconds into her report, the inevitable happened:
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Have you ever seen anyone recovering from a ball to the head so quickly?
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"Oh, okay," says Stark in that clip. "Nothing like live television -- I'm okay!"
Later in the video she decides to wrap the segment early, as more balls appear to be raining down in her vicinity.
Here's the obligatory slow-mo, which was tweeted out by Stark herself.
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Stark, you are a true hero.
