Pam Oliver Smacked by Football During Sideline Report (Video)

A video of Pam Oliver, FOX's NFL sideline reporter, getting hit in the face with a football has reached viral proportions online, with GIFs and clips popping up all over Twitter just minutes after the Sunday night accident.

It happened as Oliver was preparing on the sidelines for the weekend's preseason game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants. Colts backup quarterback Chandler Harnish was warming up with quarterback Andrew Luck, throwing passes back and forth, when one got away from him and struck Oliver right in the face.

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Oliver didn’t miss a beat, though, and laughed off what was sure to have been a painful hit.

"And thanks to you guys for hitting me in the face with a football," Oliver jokingly said to Luck.

"Oh yeah, we apologize on that," Luck said. "We are so sorry."

Harnish later apologized for the incident on Twitter.

Would like to take this time to apologize to Pam Oliver, for the bad pass to the face.. Be expecting flowers in the mail soon! #ToughLady

— Chandler Harnish (@C_Harnish) August 19, 2013

Twitter users praised Oliver for brushing off the hit and going ahead with the broadcast.

Pam Oliver is a Trooper!

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLONFOX) August 19, 2013

My homegirl Pam Oliver just got demolished in the face with a football http://t.co/EkbzHZgf4o

— David Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) August 19, 2013

If you think sideline reporting's not a "real" job, you should probably watch this. Poor Pam Oliver. http://t.co/jbx0TZ0pmu

— Kami Mattioli (@kmattio) August 19, 2013

Did Pam Oliver pass a concussion test before she continued with the broadcast?

— The Blue Mare™ (@TheBlueMare) August 19, 2013

@NFLONFOX I hope Pam Oliver is okay, after that ball hit her in the head. That had to hurt. Wow

— Johnny Knoxville (@jknoxville) August 19, 2013

Poor Pam Oliver-I guess it's bound to happen, but couldn't the guy next to her have thrown up a hand? #InTheFace http://t.co/IGlKXpw8Lw

— Shannon Mulaire (@shannonmulaire) August 20, 2013

Pam Oliver hit in face by thrown from Colts QB Chandler Harnish, shakes it off like a champ. Video: http://t.co/asEhsnZGyM

— Larry Brown (@LBSports) August 19, 2013

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