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NBC falsely claims Joe Montana won five Super Bowls

No, Joe Montana was quite famously not involved in the 49ers' Super Bowl XXIX win in 1994.

NBC debuts new score bug on Navy-Notre Dame game

The new score bug looks closer to NBC's NFL coverage than what they'd previously used for college football.

WFAA meteorologist Pete Delkus mocks heat index graphic error: ‘Everyone in McKinney is dead!’

"The heat index in McKinney is 10,000, what is that, 101,105? It's hot in McKinney!"

Source: TNT’s prophetic Florida Panthers goal graphic was due to operator error

Feed delay was not the reason.

ESPN’s repeated use of their own analytics for Will Levis got roasted

ESPN's NFL Draft coverage Thursday leaned heavily into their own Draft Day Predictor model, which projected there was less than a 0.1 percent chance Will Levis would still be available at pick No. 25. Levis was not taken in the first round at all, and that had many questioning the analytics here.

TNT’s ‘avoided first sweep in franchise history’ Timberwolves graphic was roasted

This was only true if the two times the Timberwolves were swept in five-game series are ignored.

ESPN’s Phil Orlins talks displaying the pitch clock, its challenges, and on-screen data

The pitch clock has arrived across Major League Baseball, and ESPN is leading the line displaying it on the screen.

MLB broadcasters still figuring out best placement for the pitch clock

Every network seems to be approaching the pitch clock differently.

Fox unveils new scorebug, graphics for Super Bowl LVII

The new scorebug drew mixed reviews.

Fox College Basketball used a great Purdue-Indiana graphic, but the wrong score

The actual halftime score was 50-35, not 44-30.

Draymond Green still silent on fight on Twitter and his podcast, but featured in ‘f***ing battle’ quote from ‘The Shop’

"That Michigan-Michigan State game? It's still going to be a f***ing battle. You don't get that s**t in the NBA."

ESPN’s Tim Corrigan talks NBA graphics and music overhaul: “It’s just simple things that we think matter.”

"We want to be big and bold, and let the teams and let their marks shine throughout the broadcasts."

Fox dropped “Baseball Night in America” graphics over the 9/11 Memorial during Yankees-Red Sox game

Noooooooo...

BBC News ticker ran “Manchester United are rubbish” due to trainee error

"Someone was training how to use the ticker and to put text on the ticker, so they were just writing random things not in earnest, and that comment appeared."

NBC Sports Boston adds “0 middle fingers raised vs Celtics” to Kyrie Irving stat line, with “(as far as we know”)

"0 middle fingers raised vs Celtics (as far as we know)" is quite the graphic.

ESPN used Oklahoma instead of Oklahoma State in a Fiesta Bowl preview graphic

ESPN has mixed up in-state rivals on at least one other occasion, placing Michigan State in the Ohio State-Michigan game in 2016.

ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecast broke out new technology for crucial third-down play in Bills-Titans telecast

"My first thought when I saw that, or any replay, is does this add to the telecast?"

A FS1 graphic put Morgantown, West Virginia on the Virginia-North Carolina border

This was off by about six hours of driving.

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’s “BREAKING NEWS” graphic for Drew Brees passing Tom Brady in TDs took criticism, as Brady may soon pass him back

Yes, it's notable that Brees is back in the lead, but the "BREAKING NEWS" on the ticker felt like a bit much to many.

The White Sox email on Tony La Russa’s hire included A.J. Hinch’s signature, which they blamed on preparing multiple versions

The White Sox's e-mail announcement of La Russa's hire included Hinch's signature in the graphic, for some reason.

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