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A "Jeopardy!" clue on an erroneous Pat Venditte headline.

‘Jeopardy!’ featured famed sports headline blunder on Pat Venditte 10 years later

Ten years later, Jeopardy! brought up the "amphibious" Pat Venditte headline mistake.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 13, 2025 0
The New York Times mixed up Twitter and Google.

NYT Business front mixes up Twitter and Google in check mark story

It is Twitter, not Google, deleting check marks.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 21, 2023 1
Brett Yormark at Big 12 Media Days in 2022.

Brett Yormark just got the Big 12 commissioner job, but ESPN headlines are already forgetting he’s there

There is no "Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 14, 2022 0
Joe Buck on Undeniable.

Joe Buck disputed a now-deleted Sports Illustrated tweet that misrepresented his remarks on Fox possibly using virtual fans

In a series of tweets Thursday, Buck pushed back on SI's claim that he said Fox "will add" virtual fans as well as crowd noise.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 14, 2020 3
Mike Conley Jr. talks to referee David Guthrie during a March 27, 2019 game.

Sports Illustrated posts “Report: Grizzlies to trade Mike Conley to Jazz/Suns,” “Memphis will receive TK, TK and TK,” Yahoo picks it up

No, Conley will not be going to the "Jazz/Suns" for "TK TK TK."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 17, 2019 2
CBS' initial Kentucky Derby results.

CBS, Google call Kentucky Derby for Maximum Security, later disqualified on review as 65-to-1 shot Country House wins

It looked like Maximum Security had won the Kentucky Derby, and some sites called it. But after review, the winner was Country House.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 4, 2019 1
The Jamestown (NY) Post-Standard's Julia Roberts headline.

Jamestown, NY’s Post-Journal sees “Julia Roberts finds life and her holes get better with age” headline go viral

Nope, that's not what they were going for.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 10, 2018 2
Deontay Wilder punching a mascot.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 15, 2018 2
The State said South Carolina made the NIT. They didn't.

The State published a story saying South Carolina was picked for the NIT. The only problem? They weren’t.

"NIT Defeats South Carolina."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 11, 2018 1

USA Today: There should still be a place for Jaromir Jagr… in the NFL?

Heading to the NFL would be a really bold departure for Jagr.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 21, 2017 0

USA Today criticized for misleading headline on Tom Brady’s White House quotes

That's not what was said!

By Ken Fang OnFeb 14, 2017 3
Tommie Frazier Ernie Els

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...

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 23, 2016 58

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