{"id":1441415,"date":"2021-11-13T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1441415"},"modified":"2021-11-13T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T22:08:02","slug":"fox-sports-pam-oliver-says-chronic-migraines-affected-ability-work-nfl-games-really-knock-action-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fox-sports-pam-oliver-says-chronic-migraines-affected-ability-work-nfl-games-really-knock-action-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Sports\u2019 Pam Oliver Says Chronic Migraines Have Affected Her Ability to Work NFL Games: \u2018They Really Do Knock Me Out of Action\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Football<\/a> fans have spent nearly 30 years watching Pam Oliver patrol the sidelines<\/a> for Fox Sports. They may not have realized how much work goes into her even making it through an entire game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver, who turned 60 earlier this year, has struggled with chronic migraines for years. Although she's gone public about her health problems in the past, she recently revealed how badly the migraines have impacted her ability to work for Fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver opened up on her migraines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver recently had plenty to say about her lingering battle with chronic migraines | David J. Griffin\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a member of Fox Sports' NFL coverage since 1995, Oliver has done everything from calling five Super Bowls to freezing on the sidelines at Lambeau Field. The only thing that's been able to stop her in that time is her migraines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Nov. 11 episode of the Sports Media with Richard Deitsch<\/a><\/em> podcast, Oliver walked listeners through her migraine problems. She estimated that she has three migraines a month during football season, down from five or six in years past, and pain medication doesn't help her during games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re very debilitating for me. They\u2019ve been a problem for a very, very long time. It\u2019s caused me to miss a few games over the span of my career because I just couldn\u2019t take the noise and the light and the sickness that comes with that. The nausea and the vomiting.\u201d<\/p>Pam Oliver<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Oliver recalled traveling to a game in the late-2010s at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta when a migraine struck. She ordered her driver to pull over and, after thinking things over, went home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no way that I felt like I was gonna get through that game, be productive, help the crew, contribute in any way,\u201d Oliver said, adding, \u201cI felt so guilty about that for the longest time, but they really do knock me out of action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver said migraines caused her to slur words during the 2020 NFL Playoffs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Here\u2019s Pam Oliver all slurry. Hope she's ok. Seems great. pic.twitter.com\/2qOfSTip9X<\/a><\/p>— Dean Blundell\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@ItsDeanBlundell) January 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>