Holly Rowe mistakes South Carolina’s ‘Sandstorm’ tradition for ‘Enter Sandman’

Everyone loves a good sports blooper. Mistakes are inevitable in broadcasting, especially when you talk as much as many of these announcers do on a daily basis. And we got a gem on Friday night in the South Carolina-LSU women’s basketball game. One of South Carolina’s traditions since 2009 has been to blare the song ‘Sandstorm’ by Finnish DJ Darude. And with that song blaring in the background, ESPN’s Holly Rowe gave her report on South Carolina, mistaking ‘Sandstorm’ for ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica, which would be the beloved theme song of the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Virginia.

“Dawn Staley trying to get her team riled up. This place is going crazy in here. You know they have the ‘Enter Sandman’ I think they call it. It’s crazy. I don’t know what’s going on. Dawn Staley was really trying to get them to focus on getting them to rebound better. Take care of the basketball. Really have some composure to start the second half,” Rowe said.

The ESPN play-by-play announcer (Roy Philpott) quickly tried to correct her noting, “And it’s a Sandstorm brewing in Columbia,” before jumping back into the game action.

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