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Blunders

When there are blunders in the world of sports — silly mistakes by coaches, leagues or players, Larry Brown Sports covers it.

Kyle Tucker on the basepaths

Kyle Tucker makes a ridiculous mistake on the basepaths in NLDS Game 3

Kyle Tucker suffered a cramp between the ears during Game 3 on Wednesday. The Chicago Cubs outfielder Tucker committed an absurd mistake during his team’s NLDS game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill. During the …

Chicago Cubs dropped popup

Cubs give up a run on awful defensive blunder

The Chicago Cubs were facing elimination on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Brewers, and they did not get off to a good start in their decisive Game 3. Trailing 2-0 in the National League Division Series, the Cubs came out flat at Wrigley Field in …

Emari Demercado dropping the football

Emari Demercado costs Cardinals a win with the most boneheaded move

Adonai Mitchell officially appears to be off the hook. Arizona Cardinals running back Emari Demercado produced the most boneheaded (and costly) blunder of Week 5 during his team’s game on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. In the fourth …

DJ Reyburn calling a strike

Cubs benefit from horrific strike-3 call in Game 3 win over Padres

The Chicago Cubs got a bit of help from the man in the mask during Thursday’s winner-take-all game. Chicago met the San Diego Padres for the decisive Game 3 of their best-of-three NL Wild Card Series on Thursday. The Cubs were nursing a 3-0 …

Adonai Mitchell goal line fumble

Adonai Mitchell costs Colts a touchdown with the most unforgivable mistake

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Adonai Mitchell committed the gravest sin possible as he was crossing the goal line with an apparent touchdown during Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. Mitchell appeared to have reeled in a 76-yard …

Luis Arraez getting thrown out on the bases

Luis Arraez costs Padres a run with boneheaded baserunning move

Luis Arraez stock continues to dip this season. The San Diego Padres infielder Arraez cost his team a run on Wednesday night against the New York Mets with a brutal baserunning mistake. During the sixth inning at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., Arraez …

Micah Parsons looks on

Broncos broadcast falls for fake Micah Parsons quote

The Denver Broncos’ preseason broadcast fell for a fake quote attributed to Micah Parsons during Saturday’s game. Late in the third quarter of Saturday’s game between the Broncos and Arizona Cardinals, the Denver-produced broadcast …

Monica McNutt on the red carpet

ESPN host Monica McNutt made embarrassing blunder on air

Monica McNutt had a bad day at the office on Friday. The ESPN analyst McNutt was co-hosting Friday’s edition of “First Take.” During the show, actor and comedian Druski was on as a guest. Druski was wearing a backwards …

Pete Crow-Armstrong sliding past the base

Pete Crow-Armstrong commits 9th-inning baserunning blunder in loss

Pete Crow-Armstrong looked his age a bit during Friday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Crow-Armstrong and the Cubs lost to the Pirates in their weekend series opener at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill. During the bottom of the ninth inning with …

Michael Penix Jr at the podium

News station had extremely unfortunate blunder with Michael Penix Jr.’s name

Some would say it was bound to happen. A CBS affiliate in Savannah, Ga., made an extremely unfortunate mistake with one of its graphics while showing Michael Penix Jr. at a press conference on Wednesday evening. The quarterback’s name was …

Joe Ryan delivers a pitch

Joe Ryan fell for FOX’s brutal social media blunder at trade deadline

The Boston Red Sox engaged in discussions with the Minnesota Twins about a trade for starting pitcher Joe Ryan ahead of Thursday’s deadline, and one media outlet accidentally reported that a deal had been completed. The blunder even fooled …

Austin Wells on the basepaths

Yankees’ Austin Wells commits dumbest baserunning mistake of the year

Austin Wells had an all-time brain cramp on Wednesday night. The New York Yankees catcher Wells completely embarrassed himself during the latter stages of his team’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the bottom of the ninth inning at Yankee …

A Savannah Bananas player faceplants while attempting a backflip

Savannah Bananas player faceplants while attempting backflip on live TV

A Savannah Bananas player has learned the hard way that doing a backflip on a baseball field is not the same as attempting the feat in a television studio. Bananas outfielder RobertAnthony Cruz was a guest during a segment of “CNN News …

Browns photographer falling

Everyone said the same thing after photographer fell in lake during Browns’ helmet reveal

The Cleveland Browns unveiled a new alternate helmet on Wednesday, but things went very wrong for one photographer. As part of the reveal, the Browns showed off an oversized inflatable version of the new helmet design on a raft on Lake Erie. The big …

Steve Sarkisian with arms folded

Steve Sarkisian walked out to rival’s war hymn at SEC Media Day

The people in charge of staging SEC Media Day made an epic blunder during Texas coach Steve Sarkisian’s introduction on Tuesday. Sarkisian was introduced for his Media Day session on Tuesday by commissioner Greg Sankey. Presumably, he was meant …

Michael A. Taylor sliding into home plate

White Sox player costs team a run by failing to touch home plate

The Chicago White Sox continue to do Chicago White Sox things. White Sox outfielder Michael A. Taylor committed one of the biggest blunders of the season on Saturday against the San Francisco Giants. In the seventh inning with the White Sox leading …

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