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Mel Kiper Jr. discusses Shedeur Sanders after he is taken by the Cleveland Browns. Photo Credit: ESPN

Mel Kiper Jr. rails against NFL, ‘fake news,’ after Shedeur Sanders is finally drafted

"Deion's gonna stay out of it."

By Michael Dixon OnApr 26, 2025 0
Tulane coach Ron Hunter addresses X posts suggesting he's leaving for North Texas.

Tulane puts out video of coach Ron Hunter refuting rumor from ‘Jon Rothstien’

"Don't read all the bad stuff that's out there."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 27, 2025 0
NHRA driver and owner Bob Tasca cuts a promo on Fox over IndyCar ads.

NHRA posts clip of Bob Tasca cutting promo on ‘fake news network’ Fox over IndyCar ‘fastest’ ads

"I didn't think it was Fake News Network on Fox!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 11, 2025 0
A screenshot from the NBA Centel X account

Satirical social media aggregation account ‘NBA Centel’ removes all posts on X

"RIP Centel."

By Reice Shipley OnFeb 26, 2025 0
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) warms up during the 4th quarter between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Colorado Buffaloes at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

Made-up Shedeur Sanders report shows how useless X has become

Go touch grass, everyone.

By Sean Keeley OnDec 14, 2024 0
Georgetown coach Ed Cooley responds to X posts on him heading to Virginia. (X.)

College Basketball

Georgetown HC Ed Cooley quotes MLK to dispute fake reporters’ claims he’s leaving for Virginia

Oct 19, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) warming up against the Georgia Bulldogs at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

247Sports says ‘fabricated’ Quinn Ewers post was result of hacking

"Fake News."

By Sam Neumann OnOct 22, 2024 0
A triptych of broadcasts Jesse Bell’s “NOOOOO!!!” call has been set to: 2023 Western-Queen’s (where it originated, R), an older Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game (C), and a Sept. 21, 2024 Baylor-Colorado game (L.) (X/Twitter and TikTok.)

International

2023 Canadian university football call goes viral on other football highlights on TikTok

Some of the worst aggregation this week involved fake news and fake tweets.

This Week In Bad Aggregation: Grok claims Shannon Sharpe was fired, Colin Cowherd cites fake Travis Kelce tweet

Fake tweets and fake news led to some of the worst aggregation blunders this week.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 13, 2024 0
Don La Greca, Michael Kay, and Peter Rosenberg discuss a false rumor on Tyler Kolek's Wonderlic score.

The Michael Kay Show repeats old, false rumor Knicks’ pick Tyler Kolec scored only seven on the Wonderlic

Kolec himself refuted this rumor in December, posting his 3.934 GPA.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 29, 2024 4
Matt Finkes (L) and Barry Alvarez.

Former Ohio State and NFL player apologizes for spreading false rumor of Barry Alvarez’s death

"There was a post this morning from a reliable source. I did not research further."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 6, 2024 2

Marquette compliance officer has to debunk fake viral tweet about star player

The proliferation of fake news on X continues to grow as a false report about Marquette star Tyler Kolek went viral.

By Awful Announcing Staff OnFeb 29, 2024 0
Urban Meyer

Urban Meyer responds to fake quote attributed to him about Michigan

"Complete nonsense."

By Ben Axelrod OnNov 17, 2023 1
Dan Le Batard-Donald Trump

Dan Le Batard advises against journalism career after that ‘orange, racist turd’ crushed the industry with fake news

"This orange, racist turd without a subtlety in his body be able to just crush my industry with 'Fake News, Fake News!' as I see propaganda takeover and misinformation all over the internet."

By Brandon Contes OnNov 18, 2022 19
Fake reporter "Richard G. West."

‘Richard G. West,’ the fake reporter from the Jordan Burns story, is back in the news with fake tweets about GameDay

"West" tweeted a 2016 photo as proof "Tennessee students have already began to get their spot" for ESPN's College GameDay.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 22, 2022 0
Colin Cowherd discusses 'fake news'

Colin Cowherd declares ‘fake news’ an outdated term

"Fake news," a phrase exhausted by former president Donald Trump and his rabid supporters.

By Brandon Contes OnAug 26, 2022 3

ESPN apologizes on-air for Ja Morant segment based on a Ballsack Sports quote

"We made a mistake."

By Jay Rigdon OnJul 12, 2022 3

Italian soccer agent Mino Raiola refutes reports of his death, again: “Pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me”

A whole lot of verified accounts in multiple countries spread the false news that Raiola had died.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 28, 2022 0
KLAS (left) got fooled by a fake tweet (right) about Gerard Gallant.

CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS falls for fake news from fake account, reports that Gerard Gallant’s been named New Jersey Devils head coach

No, @NJDevills is not a trusted source of New Jersey Devils' news.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 30, 2020 0
Skip Bayless relays a false Chris Paul report.

Skip Bayless cites fake report from Twitter troll SportsTalkBarry on Chris Paul mocking James Harden “for having manboobs”

"There was the one report yesterday that this got so bad in practice going back two years ago that Chris Paul was making fun of Harden's manboobs in practice to the point where he broke down in tears and had to leave a couple of practices."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 19, 2019 1
Fake reporter Richard West spread a false story about Colgate's Jordan Burns, and many bought it.

Fake reporter tweeted that Colgate’s Jordan Burns missed a flight and took an Uber, fooled CBS and Burns’ mom

A fake reporter account that's been around since December got almost 10,000 likes for a false report of a Colgate player missing a flight, a report subsequently picked up by some CBS local sites. That report even fooled the player's mom.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 21, 2019 1

20-year-old Macedonian Darko Grncarov fooled Martina Navratilova, Twitter, and the BBC into thinking he was a rising tennis star

Grncarov claimed to be a tennis star on the rise, one who'd recovered from a six-month coma and was set for big tournaments. But it doesn't look like that was true.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 13, 2018 0
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

After reducing news in feeds, Facebook plans to emphasize “high quality” news with user survey. What does that mean for sports?

Will Facebook's surveys about "trusted" news outlets affect the visibility of those outlets' sports coverage? What about sports-only outlets?

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 20, 2018 2
washington redhawks-fake news-washington post-espn-bleacher report-sports illustrated

Someone made faux Washington Post, ESPN, B/R, SI sites to spread fake news about Redskins name change

Someone, for some reason, wants you to think Washington changed its name to the Redhawks.

By Alex Putterman OnDec 13, 2017 7

Adarn Schefter fooled almost everybody with this Eli Manning tweet

Unverified Twitter strikes again.

By Matt Yoder OnNov 30, 2017 1

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