TSN identified Halifax, Nova Scotia as Regina, Saskatchewan during shots of Game 6 viewing parties
Just about 2,000 miles off there, TSN.
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Polish Football Association uses “pogrom” on Facebook about win over Israel, insists it’s “frequently used to describe emphatic sports victories”
"Goooooal! This is already a pogrom! We are beating Israel 4-0!"
No, Sports Illustrated, famed musician Charlie McCoy wasn’t suspended, Bruins’ defenseman Charlie McAvoy was
A SI NHL tweet mixed up the musician and the Bruins' defenseman.
Levi’s Stadium tickets email for Mexico-Paraguay calls Javier “Chicharito” Hernández “Hector”
Missed it by that much.
The map of Ontario ESPN showed on The Jump was hilariously inaccurate about the locations of Hamilton and Oshawa
This graphic put Hamilton south and west near Windsor, and Oshawa as far east as Kingston.
How false reports that Deontay Wilder broke an ESPN mascot’s jaw with a punch spread around the world
This appears to have started with inaccurate captions on YouTube and Twitter videos, which then were cited by all sorts of media outlets.
Photos changing in old tweets affected tons of teams (and also Bleacher Report), not just the Cubs
The Giants, Cowboys, Marlins, Brewers, Flyers and others were also affected by this Twitter shift.
Cubs have one of the all-time social media mishaps, with photo on a 2012 tweet changing to explicit porn
The photo attached to a 2012 tweet appeared to change from one of famed Cub Billy Williams to an explicit porn image of a woman.
Pre-written Virginia Tech press release didn’t even consider the possibility of losing to Old Dominion
No, Virginia Tech is not "3-0 to start the season for the second consecutive season" after "an X-X win at Old Dominion."
CBS News tweeted about “a foul ball at the Detroit Lions game,” leading to a whole lot of jokes
Maybe playing the wrong sport explains the Lions' struggles...
Heather Cox calls Case Keenum “Chase” twice during interview, he grins in response
This is the second prominent mistake with Keenum's name in a few months.
Holly Sonders referenced “the entire days of sexual qualifying” on air, Shane Bacon and Brad Faxon somehow kept straight faces
"Head to www.USOpen.com, and everything will be there, the entire days of sexual qualifying."
Kirk Cousins points out newspaper mistaking him for DeMarcus Cousins
An unidentified newspaper mixed up Kirk Cousins and DeMarcus Cousins, and Kirk let the world know.
SB Nation “preemptively publishes” report of Willie Taggart looking to leave Oregon, turning down Ole Miss
The error was attributed to accidental publication of an old draft that hadn't been fully confirmed.
Iowa newspaper writes Tommie Frazier’s still playing QB for Nebraska
Are all Nebraska quarterbacks named “Tommy” or “Tommie” alike? That’s what Iowa newspaper The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier seems...
