ESPN Host Alyssa Lang Misses Show After Car Accident
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Alyssa Lang works for ESPN. She is a sports reporter. ESPN shows sports news on TV.
Lang had a car accident. An accident is when a car crashes. People said the accident was scary.
Lang could not work after the accident. She missed college football coverage. This means she was not on TV for football news.
The accident happened in week 3 of college football. Many people watch college football every week.
ESPN did not give more details. Fans want to know if Lang is okay. They hope she gets better soon.
Vocabulary10 words
- ESPN
- a big TV company that shows sports
- accident
- something bad that happens by chance, like a car crash
- reporter
- a person who tells news on TV or in papers
- coverage
- when TV shows news about something
- college football
- American football played by university teams
- scary
- making you feel afraid
- missed
- did not do something you usually do
- week 3
- the third week of the football season
- fans
- people who like and watch a sport
- details
- small pieces of information
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Answer key
1. ESPN sports reporter 2. She had a scary car accident 3. True
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Alyssa Lang works for _____. She is a sports _____.
Lang had a car _____. People said the accident was _____.
Lang could not work after the accident. She _____ college football coverage.
The accident happened in _____ of college football.
ESPN did not give more _____. Fans hope she gets better soon.
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