With six minutes to go in the final game of the World Cup, viewers in southern New York and parts of northern Pennsylvania got really angry. No, not because their team of choice missed a great opportunity to score or because their favorite player got hurt, but because a local TV station interrupted the game to provide a weather report.
The weather coverage from ABC affiliated WENY lasted for the remaining minutes of the game, Deadspin reports.
Naturally, fans were, uh, less than pleased. Many took to Twitter to express their unhappiness and even sling threats at the station.
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