Brian Custer blasted for calling Oregon State ‘the Ducks’ several times
Several times during No. 11 Oregon State's loss to Arizona, ESPN play-by-play voice Brian Custer called the Beavers "the Ducks."
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NFL on Fox account mixed up Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Johnson, their own panelists
The suggestion of the Bears tanking for Caleb Williams came from Jimmy Johnson, not Terry Bradshaw.
Fox College Football Twitter account misidentified Colorado State coach Jay Norvell postgame
The first video the Fox College Football account tweeted was not of Sanders and Norvell.
Andrew Hawkins and Tony Hawk have hilarious exchange after losing verified check marks
"F*** it. I'm Tony Hawk now. Prove otherwise." "I believe you."
ESPN’s Pro Bowl broadcast misidentified retiring NFL officials Scott Edwards and John McGrath
In a photo of three officials shown on the Pro Bowl broadcast, ESPN labeled alternate Scott Edwards as replay official John McGrath.
NPR used a photo of Kimberley A. Martin for a story about Maria Taylor
This was a notable miss by NPR.
Actor Rachel Nichols woke up to hundreds of critical tweets meant for ESPN’s Rachel Nichols
"I woke up to HUNDREDS of Tweets YELLING AT ME and I had no idea what was happening!"
NBC Atlanta anchor tags The Athletic columnist Jeff Duncan instead of Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan
NBC Atlanta's Cheryl Preheim attributed comments from Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan to Athletic columnist Jeff Duncan.
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.
Indiana sportscaster Miles Garrett is not Browns’ DE Myles Garrett, contrary to what many angry Twitter users think
Wrong Miles Garrett, Twitter.
A Monumental Sports Network WNBA broadcast mistakenly identified two courtside spectators as “Markelle Fultz and his mom”
No, it wasn't Fultz and his mom.
6ABC Philly identifies Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya as “Alejandro Pedroya”
No, "Alejandro Pedroya" does not play for the Union.
Twitter suggested CBS’ Criminal Minds to many…who follow ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, who is not the actress who was on the show
Twitter appears to have gotten the wrong Nichols here, but it's still worth wondering why they were trying to promote new episodes of Criminal Minds around an actress who hasn't been on the show since 2011.
Media keep identifying wrong former NFL DB Will Allen in Ponzi scheme story
Having the same name as someone who’s prominent for the wrong reasons can be problematic, and former Tampa...
Twitter confuses Blackhawks’ beat writer Mark Lazerus with anti-beard NBC Sports chair Mark Lazarus
When NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus (who doesn’t appear to be on Twitter, but is pictured here) made...
