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ESPN ran a photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team with a story about the Chinese team

A photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team accompanied an AP story about the Chinese Davis Cup team on the ESPN app.

ABC News suspends chief national correspondent Matt Gutman for erroneous report that Kobe Bryant’s four daughters were on helicopter

"Reporting the facts accurately is the cornerstone of our journalism. As he acknowledged on Sunday, Matt Gutman’s initial reporting was not accurate and failed to meet our editorial standards."

FiveThirtyEight tweeted that the eliminated Saints have the fourth-highest chance (11 percent) to win the Super Bowl

No, FiveThirtyEight, the Saints will not win this year's Super Bowl.

Sports Illustrated updates “USC to dismiss Helton” story three days later with apology and retraction from Maven author

Three days after the initial "Sources: USC to dismiss Clay Helton" story hit Sports Illustrated channels, that story has been removed and replaced with an apology from the Maven author.

Stephen A. Smith’s latest NFL blunder is twice mixing up the Yankees’ Luke Voit and the Jets’ Luke Falk

"The only people that are worse than him are, I think, if I remember correctly, Cam Newton and Luke Voit. And Cam Newton is hurt, and Luke Voit, I didn't even know who the hell he was until guys got injured."

ESPN’s app briefly called Ronald Acuña Jr. “Roberto” before correcting

No, "Roberto" Acuña Jr. doesn't play for the Braves.

6ABC Philly identifies Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya as “Alejandro Pedroya”

No, "Alejandro Pedroya" does not play for the Union.

The Athletic LA asks “What should San Diego do?” in tweet about the Los Angeles Chargers and Melvin Gordon

"The Chargers' seemingly calm summer took an abrupt turn when Melvin Gordon made new contract demands. What should San Diego do?"

TSN identified Halifax, Nova Scotia as Regina, Saskatchewan during shots of Game 6 viewing parties

Just about 2,000 miles off there, TSN.

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.

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."

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