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The CBS Sports squad suffered a calamity this week pinch nan decease of accumulation adjunct Bryce Adair, pursuing a car clang while moving astatine nan PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament successful Ohio. Jim Nantz, nan legendary lead broadcaster for nan network, delivered rather nan tribute during nan telecast.
According to a GoFundMe page group up for Adair, nan 31-year-old was progressive successful a "horrific [sic] azygous car accident" connected Wednesday nighttime earlier dying connected Saturday.
During Saturday afternoon's broadcast of nan Memorial, Nantz appeared to beryllium holding backmost tears while announcing Adair's decease earlier offering up his heartfelt condolences.
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Jim Nantz, CBS Sports announcer, is seen successful nan booth, during nan 3rd information of nan Memorial Tournament presented by Workday astatine Muirfield Village Golf Club connected June 6, 2026 successful Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) (Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
"Be diligent pinch america for a infinitesimal here," Nantz began, earlier taking a pause. "A immense nonaccomplishment earlier coming wrong our CBS Sports family.
"Trust maine erstwhile I show you that successful complete 40 years, I person ne'er seen our unit of 250 group travel into a broadcast for illustration this 1 carrying arsenic overmuch condolences arsenic they are now."
Tom Spencer (L) and Jim Nantz during a believe information anterior to nan PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club connected May 13, 2026 successful Newtown, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
"Everyone loved him," Nantz later continued. "Every day, Bryce would shake hands you pinch a lukewarm grin and a caring, compassionate spirit. He did galore things for us. He won an Emmy for our Super Bowl broadcast. The world was his, and he deserved nan world. I'm nan 1 who has a chance to show you really overmuch we loved him.
"I want to opportunity to his mother, Michelle, convey you for sharing your singular boy pinch us. We loved him, and he will ne'er beryllium forgotten."
Adair was from Martinez, Georgia, located conscionable extracurricular of Augusta, and studied communications astatine Valdosta State University.
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CBS Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz speaks during nan last information of nan AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am play tourney astatine Pebble Beach Golf Links successful Pebble Beach, Calif., connected Feb. 9, 2020. (Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)
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Tracy Wolfson, CBS Sports' lead NFL and NCAA hoops reporter, posted a tribute of her ain pursuing nan news of Adair's death.
"Our CBS family mislaid a awesome friend and workfellow today," Wolfson wrote connected X. "Bryce Adair brought joyousness to our crew, he was a benignant psyche and a existent gentleman. I will retrieve him for his infectious smile, his emotion for nan Eagles and music. I will miss our precocious fives connected nan sidelines and shot talks successful nan car. He will beryllium sorely missed."
A CBS obituary explained that Adair contributed to unrecorded sports accumulation and broadcasting operations, ensuring sum astatine awesome sporting events ran smoothly, and accumulation standards were maintained astatine a precocious level.
Mark Harris is simply a writer for OutKick.
