diff --git a/src/Marathon.UI/Services/AnomalyBrowsingService.cs b/src/Marathon.UI/Services/AnomalyBrowsingService.cs
index 30f3b5d..12bbc06 100644
--- a/src/Marathon.UI/Services/AnomalyBrowsingService.cs
+++ b/src/Marathon.UI/Services/AnomalyBrowsingService.cs
@@ -137,14 +137,16 @@ public sealed class AnomalyBrowsingService : IAnomalyBrowsingService
 
         var severity = AnomalySeverityRules.FromScore(anomaly.Score);
 
-        events.TryGetValue(anomaly.EventId, out var ev);
+        // Skip orphan anomalies whose event has been pruned — degrade gracefully rather
+        // than throwing on a sentinel SportCode(0). Anomalies have an FK to events so this
+        // is defensive; the feed already drops rows whose evidence won't parse.
+        if (!events.TryGetValue(anomaly.EventId, out var ev) || ev is null)
+            return false;
 
-        var sport = ev?.Sport ?? new SportCode(0);
-        var country = ev?.CountryCode ?? string.Empty;
-        var league = ev?.LeagueId ?? string.Empty;
-        var title = ev is not null
-            ? ev.Title
-            : anomaly.EventId.Value;
+        var sport = ev.Sport;
+        var country = ev.CountryCode;
+        var league = ev.LeagueId;
+        var title = ev.Title;
 
         var preSnap = ToSnapshot(dto.PreSuspension);
         var postSnap = ToSnapshot(dto.PostSuspension);
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AnomalyBrowsingServiceTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AnomalyBrowsingServiceTests.cs
index f1c2f3c..4594a42 100644
--- a/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AnomalyBrowsingServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AnomalyBrowsingServiceTests.cs
@@ -100,4 +100,20 @@ public sealed class AnomalyBrowsingServiceTests
 
         items.Select(i => i.Score).Should().ContainInOrder(0.80m, 0.60m, 0.40m);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ListAsync_SkipsOrphanAnomaly_When_EventMissing()
+    {
+        _anomalies
+            .ListByDateRangeAsync(Arg.Any<DateTimeOffset?>(), Arg.Any<DateTimeOffset?>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(new[] { Make(AnomalyKind.SuspensionFlip) });
+        // Event pruned → not in the lookup. Must not throw on a SportCode(0) fallback.
+        _events
+            .GetManyAsync(Arg.Any<IReadOnlyCollection<EventId>>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(new Dictionary<EventId, Event>());
+
+        var items = await CreateSut().ListAsync(new AnomalyFilter(), CancellationToken.None);
+
+        items.Should().BeEmpty();
+    }
 }