Scorebug operator forgets to change quarters on ESPN+ broadcast
Even those behind the scenes are clearly not exempt from early-season mistakes.
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ESPN reveals new scorebug for 2024 college football season
ESPN revealed its new, 'sharp' scorebug for the upcoming 2024-25 college football season on Thursday afternoon.
ESPN’s Karl Ravech declares ‘Dodgers win it by a run!’ after 4-3 loss to Phillies
"With the Phillies getting their 60th win...Dodgers win it by a run!"
‘Necessity is the mother of invention’: How the scorebug came to be on its 30th anniversary
Scorebug issue on NBC Sports Bay Area broadcast of Giants-Rays game leads to player being listed as ‘Currentpitcher Lastname’
"Currentpitcher Lastname" pitched a scoreless eighth inning on Saturday afternoon.
Here’s every 2024 MLB broadcaster scorebug graphic
ESPN’s latest bold MLB broadcast move is displaying win probability: ‘Over time, it will connect.’
Major Old Dominion-Texas State broadcast clock error combined with remote announcers for a brutal pairing
"There will be time put on the clock, I believe, though. He shot it with about six seconds."
The CW unveils new basketball scorebug
The new CW ACC basketball scorebug seems to be generally well received.
ESPN debuts a new Monday Night Football scorebug
The ESPN Monday Night Football scorebug underwent another cosmetic change, as the Worldwide Leader debuted another on Monday evening.
It’s time for ESPN to retire the BottomLine during games
Fox’s enormous new college football scorebug frustrates fans
Fox debuted a new college football scorebug for the 2023 season and fans weren't happy with how much real estate it took on screen.
Source: TNT’s prophetic Florida Panthers goal graphic was due to operator error
Feed delay was not the reason.
The 2023 NBA scorebug rankings
Fox unveils new scorebug, graphics for Super Bowl LVII
The new scorebug drew mixed reviews.
Fox scorebug broke at the absolute worst time during the World Series
Having a 1-2 count and two outs in the ninth inning of a World Series clinching game is very different from no outs and a 0-0 count.
John Madden honored across NFL with moment of silence, helmet decal, TV graphics
Fox added the Madden logo to their on-screen graphics during the first quarter of Sunday games.
Fox debuts a taller college basketball scorebug, takes criticism
This scorebug is significantly larger than the old one, and significantly larger than what Fox is currently using in other sports.
NBC’s final NHL postseason for now has a new scorebug, one they brought out just earlier this month
The new scorebug is much more vertical, and also moves the game clock left of the teams and scores.
CBS’ new scorebug for Super Bowl LV has new font, color changes, clock and score transitions
The move away from CBS' long-used blue feels particularly striking.
Fox refreshes college football scorebug, with new look similar to revamped NFL and XFL versions
Fox has overhauled their previously-vanilla scorebugs across many of their sports properties.
Fox’s new Super Bowl graphics include centered scorebug, larger and italicized font, and cartoons of players
Fox debuted a new NFL graphics package for the Super Bowl, and made plenty of changes.
Jerry Gepner, known for on-screen scores and the first-down line, gives a memorable Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction speech
"I've been thinking of this and said 'You know, if I had me working for me, I would have fired me a long time ago.' And there's a lot of truth to that. But it points to one of the great blessings of my career; people who didn't fire me. Really, these folks deserve their own Hall of Fame."
