The day after the Super Bowl is in its own way as big a media day as the game itself. Talking heads get on the air Monday and discuss what happened the night before. Therefore, it was quite surprising when Colin Cowherd was absent from his familiar seat on FS1’s The Herd.
On Tuesday, the host revealed why he has been missing from the show. While out to dinner Saturday, he suffered severe pain on the right side of his chest.
Cowherd’s words made it sound excruciating. He said he called a friend who rushed him to a California hospital. Cowherd tested negative for COVID-19.
He then was put on morphine, which knocked the host out for the better part of the next 16-18 hours.
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After he came to, Cowherd learned he had suffered a small blood clot in his lung that was impacting his breathing and causing the pain.
“It was the most pain I’ve ever been in,” the longtime sports TV personality said in a social media video posted from his home in Los Angeles. “It was limiting my breathing. It was scary.”
He is undergoing tests to discover what caused the clot.
His co-host Joy Taylor took to social media to wish him well.
Get well soon Colin ♥️💪🏽 https://t.co/UMUD0N8WuS
— Joy Taylor (@JoyTaylorTalks) February 10, 2021