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NBC’s off-center graphics irritate Paris Olympics viewers
"The names aren't centered in the boxes. It's making me feel crazy."
Here’s every 2024 MLB broadcaster scorebug graphic
TBS showed Arizona’s starting lineup instead of Dayton’s
TBS' lineup for Dayton had the right names, but the wrong faces.
ESPN used an Iowa State logo over a Caitlin Clark image at the end of an Ohio State-Iowa video
An ESPN video promoting Ohio State-Iowa ended with a shot of Caitlin Clark and the Iowa State logo.
ESPN criticized for ‘ACC Head Coaches Who Happen To Be Black’ graphic
This title was certainly unusual, and drew some backlash.
LIV Golf gets key signing Jon Rahm’s name wrong in graphic
No, it's not "John Rahm."
White Sox embarrass top prospect with absurd graphic
The White Sox's attempt to hype a top prospect backfired as his underwhelming minor league stats exposed the team's desperation.
Pac-12 Networks posts absurd Bronny James graphic
"Winner, team player" was an interesting way to go here.
Sunday Night Football’s tweet of Pro Football Talk AFC power rankings included the not-in-the-AFC Bears
The Bears are not the 10th-best AFC team.
Amazon couldn’t find a Patriots player worth featuring for next week’s ‘TNF’ game
That is not something you see very often.
Fox College Football’s rivalry graphics continue to confuse everyone
"This is the most oddly arranged graphic you could possibly have come up with."
It’s time for ESPN to retire the BottomLine during games
NBC falsely claims Joe Montana won five Super Bowls
No, Joe Montana was quite famously not involved in the 49ers' Super Bowl XXIX win in 1994.
NBC debuts new score bug on Navy-Notre Dame game
The new score bug looks closer to NBC's NFL coverage than what they'd previously used for college football.
WFAA meteorologist Pete Delkus mocks heat index graphic error: ‘Everyone in McKinney is dead!’
"The heat index in McKinney is 10,000, what is that, 101,105? It's hot in McKinney!"
Source: TNT’s prophetic Florida Panthers goal graphic was due to operator error
Feed delay was not the reason.
ESPN’s repeated use of their own analytics for Will Levis got roasted
ESPN's NFL Draft coverage Thursday leaned heavily into their own Draft Day Predictor model, which projected there was less than a 0.1 percent chance Will Levis would still be available at pick No. 25. Levis was not taken in the first round at all, and that had many questioning the analytics here.
TNT’s ‘avoided first sweep in franchise history’ Timberwolves graphic was roasted
This was only true if the two times the Timberwolves were swept in five-game series are ignored.
The 2023 NBA scorebug rankings
ESPN’s Phil Orlins talks displaying the pitch clock, its challenges, and on-screen data
The pitch clock has arrived across Major League Baseball, and ESPN is leading the line displaying it on the screen.
MLB broadcasters still figuring out best placement for the pitch clock
Every network seems to be approaching the pitch clock differently.
