Jim Nantz delivers emotional tribute after CBS Sports assistant dies following crash at Memorial Tournament

The CBS Sports squad suffered a calamity this week with the decease of accumulation adjunct Bryce Adair, pursuing a car clang portion moving astatine the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament successful Ohio. Jim Nantz, the legendary pb broadcaster for the network, delivered rather the tribute during the telecast.

According to a GoFundMe leafage acceptable up for Adair, the 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 the Memorial, Nantz appeared to beryllium holding backmost tears portion announcing Adair's decease earlier offering up his heartfelt condolences.

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Jim Nantz, CBS Sports announcer, is seen successful the booth, during the 3rd circular of the 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 with america for a infinitesimal here," Nantz began, earlier taking a pause. "A immense nonaccomplishment earlier contiguous wrong our CBS Sports family.

"Trust maine erstwhile I archer you that successful implicit 40 years, I person ne'er seen our unit of 250 radical travel into a broadcast similar this 1 carrying arsenic overmuch grief arsenic they are now."

Tom Spencer (L) and Jim Nantz during a signifier circular anterior to the 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 aboriginal continued. "Every day, Bryce would greet you with a lukewarm grin and a caring, compassionate spirit. He did galore things for us. He won an Emmy for our Super Bowl broadcast. The satellite was his, and helium deserved the world. I'm the 1 who has a accidental to archer you however overmuch we loved him. 

"I privation to accidental to his mother, Michelle, convey you for sharing your singular lad with us. We loved him, and helium volition 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 the last circular of the 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' pb NFL and NCAA hoops reporter, posted a tribute of her ain pursuing the quality of Adair's death.

"Our CBS household mislaid a large person and workfellow today," Wolfson wrote connected X. "Bryce Adair brought joyousness to our crew, helium was a benignant psyche and a existent gentleman. I volition retrieve him for his infectious smile, his emotion for the Eagles and music. I volition miss our precocious fives connected the sidelines and shot talks successful the car. He volition beryllium sorely missed."

A CBS obituary explained that Adair contributed to unrecorded sports accumulation and broadcasting operations, ensuring sum astatine large sporting events ran smoothly, and accumulation standards were maintained astatine a precocious level.