Charissa Thompson pays tribute to Kirk Herbstreit’s dog Ben after heartbreaking death

The “Thursday Night Football” unit mourned nan loss of Kirk Herbstreit’s beloved dog, Ben, pinch big Charissa Thompson paying tribute connected nan broadcast up of a showdown betwixt nan Ravens and Bengals. 

Herbstreit, who serves arsenic an expert connected nan Prime Video broadcast and for assemblage shot connected ESPN, announced that Ben had to beryllium put down aft a conflict pinch crab connected Thursday afternoon. 

“We want to stock our deepest sympathies pinch our teammate Kirk Herbstreit connected nan passing of his beloved dog, Ben. We each loved seeing Ben present each azygous week. He was a immense portion of nan ‘TNF’ family and he will beryllium very missed,” Thompson said.

The beloved aureate retriever had grabbed a typical spot successful shot fans’ hearts arsenic he traveled pinch Herbstreit by backstage level to games wherever he worked. 

Ben could beryllium seen regularly connected nan group of broadcasts wagging his tail and pinch a large grin connected his face, often getting much attraction connected shot sidelines than Herbstreit. 

Teams would often rumor Ben his ain credential, pinch nan University of Texas titling him nan “Golden Receiver Coach” on his walk for an Oct. 19 crippled past period astatine Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. 

Ben had a viral infinitesimal earlier successful nan fall erstwhile he wandered into nan pregame show for nan LSU-USC game. 

Herbstreit revealed earlier this week that Ben had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments but his business was deteriorating. 

Stream nan crippled unrecorded connected Thursday nighttime connected Amazon Prime Video

In nan affectional announcement connected Thursday, Herbstreit called Ben “1 [of] 1” and in a abstracted station expressed gratitude for nan outpouring of support.

“I’m genuinely overwhelmed by really galore group he touched-and from nan bottommost of my bosom convey you for sending your champion wishes and letting maine cognize really overmuch you loved him,” he wrote.

Other members of nan Herbstreit clan posted their remembrances of Ben, pinch boy Jake, a erstwhile walk-on information astatine Clemson, putting a video of assemblage shot fans cheering for his precocious pet.

“This is specified a saccharine video from our clip successful Texas a mates weeks ago,” he wrote. “The crowd guidance makes maine grin each time. Glad truthful galore of you sewage to meet Benny done your screens and connected nan campuses crossed nan country. He was my champion buddy. I’m truthful thankful I sewage to beryllium pinch him truthful overmuch up until nan end.

“I emotion you, Ben. Rest successful peace, puppy.”