USA Today’s Bob Nightengale really didn’t give proper context to Joe Maddon’s quotes about MLB players opting out of the 2020 season
Bob Nightengale's tweet omitted crucial context to Joe Maddon's quotes.
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Famed Washington Post sportswriter Bill Gildea passes away, and tributes roll in
Gildea was a long-time Washington Post sportswriter, and while many knew him for his boxing coverage, he also covered everything from baseball to the World Cup to the Olympics to basketball.
Ottawa Sun issues a major correction and apology over errors in columns on Sens Foundation and Eugene Melnyk’s The Organ Project
"We sincerely apologize and regret any misunderstanding caused by the errors contained in the two columns."
Famed Cincinnati sportswriter Lonnie Wheeler passes away at 68, and tributes pour in
Wheeler wrote a ton of notable books over the years, including I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story and Stranger To The Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson.
Tributes pour in to long-time Los Angeles Times sportswriter Chris Dufresne, who passed away at 62
Dufresne received notable tributes from sports figures like Rick Neuheisel, as well as his colleagues and TMG co-founders Mark Blaudschun and Herb Gould.
The Daily Express issues a correction for a Sept. 2019 article on James Milner being booed, admitting he didn’t even play in the...
It's quite the correction to admit that the central fact in your piece and headline is wrong, and to do so nine months later.
UFC president Dana White goes on factually-incorrect expletive-filled rant against the New York Times and reporter Kevin Draper
"F*ck that guy. F*ck that guy. ...And what happened when this guy and this paper covered the UFC – when they’ve never covered it before? What do you think happened?"
Longtime Detroit sports columnist Pat Caputo laid off after 37 years at Oakland Press
Caputo covered the Tigers and Lions as a beat reporter before becoming a columnist.
Renowned NY Post sports photographer Anthony Causi dies at 48 from COVID-19
Causi passed away at 48 Sunday after a weeks-long battle with the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Jonathan Eig, Jeff Pearlman start The Big Scribble, a free contest for student journalists
The Big Scribble is open to high school and college students, and begins April 20th.
Boston Herald layoffs include Bruins’ reporter Marisa Ingemi, with her position being eliminated
"I don't know how to express how much being the Bruins writer for the Boston Herald was my entire world. I've never been more honored to do or be anything."
Gannett announces week-long furloughs for reporters and editors
Employees will be required to take a one-week furlough in each of the next three months.
Former USA Today sportswriter George Schroeder discusses leaving media, future of industry: “I have real great, deep concerns”
"[Press boxes] could be a whole lot more empty when we come back out."
Indianapolis Star’s Zach Osterman reveals he’s under quarantine after cough and fever that could be coronavirus
Osterman is under quarantine after symptoms that have been linked to the coronavirus.
San Francisco Chronicle pulls “Aubrey Huff wasn’t invited over Trump support” op-ed after Huff refutes its premise to Chronicle reporter
Ryan Moore's op-ed included "According to Huff, Giants CEO Larry Baer said the board did not approve of Huff’s tweets or his support of President Trump." Huff then told the Chronicle that Baer didn't specifically mention his support of Trump.
