Kicker - Life as sport

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you’re listening to this in the United States, you’re probably not familiar with Nick Heath. But if you’re a rugby fan in the UK, you definitely know his voice. 

He’s not able to use it professionally these days, what with team sports on indefinite hold. 

So, making the best of it, Heath is using his broadcasting skills to give sports fans a few laughs in these stressful times.

He’s posting videos to his Twitter account—narrating everyday events as if he’s calling a match. 

To set the scene for you, four people lined up at a crosswalk, waiting for the signal. But who will reach the other side first?

HEATH: [Commentating]

Health has also done play-by-play for other recent events like the “International 4×4 Pushchair Formation Final.” Meaning, four moms pushing strollers in a park.

BASHAM: I would have taken first back in my stroller pushing days!

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

(Nick Heath via AP) English rugby sports commentator Nick Heath poses for a selfie photo during the Women’s Six Nations Rugby game France against England at Pau in France, on Feb. 2, 2020. 

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