Kirk Herbstreit was in Cleveland on Thursday night to help call Amazon Prime Video's Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers. Herbstreit is Prime Video's color commentator for Thursday Night Football each week and gets to call each game with Al

Just hours before calling the "Thursday Night Football" game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens, football broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit shared that his 10-year-old Golden Retriever, Ben, had been put down after a battle with leukemia.

Kirk Herbstreit's late dog, Ben, became an internet sensation over the last year as he traveled alongside his owner from Amazon Prime Video's Thursday Night Football to ESPN's College GameDay throughout the football season.

Kirk Herbstreit's dog, Ben, had been a staple wherever the announcer appeared. He could be seen wagging his tail on ESPN's "College GameDay" and Herbstreit would bring him up during "Thursday Night Football" broadcasts on Amazon Prime Video. Ben passed away earlier this month after cancer spread in his body.

OU football sent a gift to ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit on Saturday before the Sooners' game against Alabama to pay tribute to Herbstreit's late dog, Ben.

The golden retriever joined the ‘College GameDay’ commentator on the road weeks after his other dog, Ben, died