Holly Rowe, a prominent ESPN commentator, took the initiative to start a live stream on her Instagram during a significant outage affecting the Women’s College World Series (WCWS). The outage occurred as Texas Tech's softball team faced Tennessee at Devon Park, with the ESPN on ABC feed abruptly cutting out at the top of the second inning. This left viewers with a red error screen before switching to ESPN’s Squeeze Play coverage. In response, Rowe provided play-by-play commentary to keep fans engaged until the official broadcast resumed. Although the broadcast returned during the third inning, it was limited to a single camera angle from behind home plate and lacked graphics or scorebugs. Full production resumed in the fifth inning. Fans took to social media to voice their dissatisfaction with the broadcast issues, highlighting the hard work of the teams involved. Initially, the outage was attributed to a power failure, but Oklahoma Gas & Electric later clarified that it was due to technical broadcast issues, unrelated to electric service.