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FOX affiliate misses final out of World Series to play infomercial

Some fans watching the World Series in Seattle and Vancouver on Sunday night missed the payout they spent all night waiting for. According to reports from multiple viewers, a FOX affiliate switched away from Game 5 of the World Series with two outs …

Michael Phelps gold

CBC announcer Elliotte Friedman says Ryan Lochte beat Michael Phelps in massive screwup

CBC announcer Elliotte Friedman committed a broadcaster’s worst nightmare when he completely botched his call of the men’s 200m individual medley on Thursday at the Summer Olympics in Rio. Friedman confused Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte …

Juwan Howard David Fizdale

Memphis newspaper confuses Juwan Howard for David Fizdale

One Memphis newspaper is feeling embarrassed on Friday after running a photo of Juwan Howard that they thought was of David Fizdale. Fizdale was hired as head coach by the Grizzlies this week after previously serving as an assistant coach for the …

Rajai Davis loses two fly balls in the sun in one inning

You want to see a bad individual inning? This might be the worst of the young season so far. Cleveland Indians center fielder Rajai Davis had to deal with a rather imposing sun on Sunday against the Mets, but not even he could have imagined the …

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Adam Schefter ticked ESPN fell for phony Olivier Vernon report

Adam Schefter was ticked off Wednesday when he had to cover the rears of his ESPN colleagues who passed on news from a phony Twitter account. A phony Twitter account tweeted that the Jaguars had signed Olivier Vernon. This tweet was picked up by …

Total Beauty Oprah tweet

Total Beauty Twitter account confuses Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah

The dumbest person in America must be running the Total Beauty Twitter account, because they sent out one of the worst, most embarrassing and pathetic tweets we’ve ever seen during the pre-Oscars show. Take a look at this: You’re right …

Ohio State player does floor slap on defense, gets driven past

The floor slap is an oft-used motivational tactic, so to speak. The defender has the floor locked down. Come at us, we dare you. On Saturday, one Ohio State player found out the hard way that that doesn’t always work. This is Jae’Sean …

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Jeopardy contestant gets Alabama question wrong, answers Auburn

One contestant on “Jeopardy!” better not ever set foot on the University of Alabama campus after his blunder Tuesday night. One of the categories on the game show was “colleges by team names.” The first clue/answer was …

Steve Harvey mistake

Steve Harvey botches Miss Universe winner, memes ensue (Video)

Steve Harvey undid almost all of the great work from his career with one of the bigger blunders in recent TV history. While hosting the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, Harvey announced the wrong winner before later having to correct himself, thereby …

Magic Johnson Wambach

Magic Johnson congratulates Abby Wambach, butchers her name

Magic Johnson thoughtfully shouted out Abby Wambach on social media Friday, but he made one big mistake. The former Los Angeles Lakers great got Wambach’s first name wrong: That’s pretty cringe-worthy, and amazingly Johnson still had not …

Sports Illustrated cover gets Mark Dantonio’s name wrong

The playoff-bound Michigan State Spartans made an appearance on the Sports Illustrated cover, but there was just one problem: they didn’t get coach Mark Dantonio’s name right. The cover teases a story about “How Mike Dantonio …

Iowa senator mistakenly tweets congratulations to Hawkeyes for win after loss

Iowa senator Joni Ernst will likely be having a word with whoever runs her Twitter account after a tweet went out congratulating the Iowa Hawkeyes on the Big Ten Championship win just moments after the Hawkeyes lost to Michigan State. The tweet was …

Blake Bortles keeps forgetting where the line of scrimmage is (Video)

Blake Bortles is certainly a talented quarterback, but at least on Sunday, his field awareness was severely lacking. In the second quarter of Jacksonville’s game against San Diego with the Jaguars inside the Chargers ten, Bortles tucked, ran, …

Gene Steratore explains inadvertent whistle that cost Patriots

An inadvertent whistle may have taken a touchdown away from the New England Patriots Monday night, and there’s really only one way to describe how it happened. People make mistakes. After New England’s 20-13 win over the Buffalo Bills, …

Patriots screwed by inadvertent whistle against Bills (Video)

The New England Patriots were on the wrong end of an inadvertent whistle during their game against the Buffalo Bills Monday night, and it may have cost them a huge play. Tom Brady scrambled out of the pocket to keep a play alive early in the third …

Wisconsin Twitter’s scheduled tweet celebrates basketball win after losing

Whoever handles tweeting from the Wisconsin athletics account got a lesson in the perils of scheduled tweets on Saturday. The UWBadgers account sent out a pre-scheduled tweet on Saturday about how the women’s basketball team looked to emulate …

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