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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ESPNU reveals the women’s NCAA tournament bracket four hours ahead of their own “Selection Monday” show
Four hours before the ESPN selection show, the bracket was revealed in graphics that aired on ESPNU.
Pittsburgh TV station KDKA put “Known Cheater” on their caption for Tom Brady
CBS’ Super Bowl plans include multiple 8K cameras, augmented reality graphics, seven hours of pre-game coverage, and more
CBS plans to use 115 cameras overall for the game broadcast, including four with live augmented reality graphics.
ESPN apologized for playing “Dixie” on graphic showing Andrew Luck as a Union Civil War officer protected by Confederate troops
“It was a mistake to use this song. We regret having done so and we apologize."
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.
Texas Tech had a two-point conversion attempt returned 100 yards by Oklahoma, confusing even the ABC scorebug
The scorebug initially indicated two points for Texas Tech, but it was really two for Oklahoma.
ESPN’s new Monday Night Football scorebug now includes down and distance arrow, uses a larger score font
Most notably, the down and distance arrow is now in the scorebug instead of on the field.
ESPN appears to have a new college football scorebug
The vertical box is now a horizontal box, and the italics (previously seen only during College Football Playoff games) are back.
Fox Sports Indiana posts graphic comparing Thaddeus Young to LeBron, Jordan, Bird and Magic, gets roasted
Not all members of the 13.5/5.9/1.4/49%/30% club are equal.
Michigan State logo shows up on field during Fox’s Falcons-Saints broadcast
No, the Spartans aren't in the NFC South.
C.J. Nitkowski says erroneous Fox Sports Southwest graphic didn’t air [updated]
No, Ichiro Suzuki, Rod Carew, Adrian Beltre and Roberto Clemente are not Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz.
BT’s Europa League announcers graphic came right out of a player’s butt
This led to some jokes about Owen Hargreaves being full of hot air.
ESPN college hoops graphic features Bill Walton and “Dave??” (Pasch)
Placeholders are a great idea for on-screen graphics, headlines and so on—until they’re accidentally published. That’s presumably what...
ESPN score bug showed Tennessee missed FG as good, said teams were headed to OT
Updating the score bug on a broadcast can be a thankless task, as no one notices when you...
