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Channel 5's Adamle walks off during news

In a blowup reminiscent of Dan Rather, sports anchor Mike Adamle stalked off the set of WMAQ-Channel 5 in the middle of a live sportscast one night last week.

No disciplinary action was taken for the incident, which rocked the NBC-owned station's 6 p.m. newscast last Friday.

Although viewers probably were unaware, Adamle removed his microphone, got up and walked back to the sports department after he was told that a live report by Tom Shaer from Cubs training camp in Mesa, Ariz., was running long and that Adamle would have to cut the final story from his sportscast. Shaer finished his report and switched back to news anchors Mark Suppelsa and Joan Esposito, who quickly went to a break. ...

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