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Tulane puts out video of coach Ron Hunter refuting rumor from ‘Jon Rothstien’

"Don't read all the bad stuff that's out there."

A triptych of broadcasts Jesse Bell’s “NOOOOO!!!” call has been set to: 2023 Western-Queen’s (where it originated, R), an older Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game (C), and a Sept. 21, 2024 Baylor-Colorado game (L.) (X/Twitter and TikTok.)

International

2023 Canadian university football call goes viral on other football highlights on TikTok

This Week In Bad Aggregation: Grok claims Shannon Sharpe was fired, Colin Cowherd cites fake Travis Kelce tweet

Fake tweets and fake news led to some of the worst aggregation blunders this week.

An obviously fake Baylor gambling scandal X post fooled a lot of people

No, @derrico_henrio is not the CBS Sports college football account.

Multiple outlets fooled by fake Odell Beckham Sr. social media post about Lamar Jackson

While the sports media continues to rely on Elon Musk’s X as a resource and conversation outlet, it...

Emmanuel Acho gives away the game after getting called out for sharing fake Caleb Williams story

"Either way, real or fake, the video would garner traction which would increase followers."

Urban Meyer responds to fake quote attributed to him about Michigan

"Complete nonsense."

Draymond Green blasts Kevin Garnett over fake quote from fake Twitter account, which was then suspended

Kevin Garnett did not actually say "Come try me Dray."

Viral Twitter joke about Jonathan Kuminga growth spurt dupes ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins

"I hate this damn app."

PFT Commenter fake Brett Favre quote produced ‘world record’ ‘of deleted quote tweets from blue check journalists’

"We might set a world record for 'most amount of deleted quote tweets from blue check journalists'

NBA

Ballsack Sports: Common Twitter troll or sports media’s Birds Aren’t Real?

A Twitter trend description treated a “RobBuchananFox” fake quote attributed to Ballsack Sports as real, then changed it

No, Twitter, these were not "Kevin Garnett's comments."

CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS falls for fake news from fake account, reports that Gerard Gallant’s been named New Jersey Devils head coach

No, @NJDevills is not a trusted source of New Jersey Devils' news.

Carlos Beltrán-defending “Iván B” Twitter account is linked to an “Iván Beltrán” e-mail address, which is Carlos Beltrán’s middle name

The "Iván B" account was created Tuesday night. Its only replies so far are defending Beltrán. And it appears to be linked to an "Iván Beltrán" e-mail address.

Skip Bayless cites fake report from Twitter troll SportsTalkBarry on Chris Paul mocking James Harden “for having manboobs”

"There was the one report yesterday that this got so bad in practice going back two years ago that Chris Paul was making fun of Harden's manboobs in practice to the point where he broke down in tears and had to leave a couple of practices."

Family visits Diamondbacks’ booth at invitation of fake Steve Berthiaume account, surprising real Berthiaume

Michael Ravare's invitation to visit the Diamondbacks' booth came from a fake Steve Berthiaume account, leading to some on-broadcast awkwardness.

Fake reporter tweeted that Colgate’s Jordan Burns missed a flight and took an Uber, fooled CBS and Burns’ mom

A fake reporter account that's been around since December got almost 10,000 likes for a false report of a Colgate player missing a flight, a report subsequently picked up by some CBS local sites. That report even fooled the player's mom.

Johnny Manziel calls out “Real Dick Tator,” a Twitter account pretending to be an ESPN reporter, so “Tator” frames the tweet

No, "@RealDickTator" is not actually an ESPN reporter.

NHL

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