Shaka Hislop is conscious.
Shaka Hislop played 15 seasons. PDO
ESPN football pundit Shaka Hislop, 54, collapsed in the middle of a live broadcast.
Hislop was analyzing with the host by Dan Thomas with a practice match between Real Madrid and AC Milan in Pasadena, California.
Hislop suddenly began to wobble in the middle of the transmission and eventually fell to the ground. Thomas immediately started calling the medical staff for help.
Thomas said at halftime of the match that he talked with Hislop. It looked like Hislop was fine.
– He is conscious, he speaks. I think he’s a little embarrassed about it. He has apologized profusely. He doesn’t like people making a fuss about him, Thomas said According to USA Today.
It is still too early to make a diagnosis.
– But the most important thing is that Shaka is conscious and we spoke with his family as well, because there are not many things that could scare us more as a family than seeing this happen live.
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Hislop played in several Premier League teams during his career, such as Newcastle, West Ham, Reading and Portsmouth. He ended his playing career in 2007.