Miami TV Reporter Stiff Arms Aggressive Hockey Fan Out Of Live Shot From NHL Finals
deadline.comGet that woman some skates. CBS News Miami reporter Samantha Rivera pulled a move worthy of a burly NHL defenseman as she fended off an aggressive fan seeking to get into her live shot from the NHL Finals on Monday in Last Vegas.
The station’s anchors had just thrown to Rivera for a recap of Game 2 between the Las Vegas Golden Knights and the Florida Panthers when a screaming Golden Knights fan tried to enter the shot from her right.
Rivera, who was already fighting to be heard above a Vegas crowd celebrating its team’s 7-2 blowout victory over the Panthers, never broke eye contact with the camera while stiff arming the fan back out of view.
The @FlaPanthers may be tough on the ice, but reporter @JSamanthaRivera was even tougher, with style and grace, in the stands Monday night when she handled a rowdy @GoldenKnights fan.
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