Clever Denver Post Game 7 headlines win praise
"The hope was that SEVENTH HEAVEN would apply to all things on that page."
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Reporter distances herself from Sun-Times Caitlin Clark headline and photo choice
"Let me be crystal clear: I do not choose headlines or back page photos for the Sun-Times."
New Orleans Times-Picayune references ‘hawk tuah’ around Pelicans’ trade
Free headline tip: don’t equate LIV controversy to childhood cancer survivors
It's somehow worse than you're expecting it to be.
NBC Chicago’s Twitter account sends second odd sports tweet in a week, this time showing the need to use “release” carefully
"White Sox Releasing Tim Anderson Documentary" got a lot of people reading just the first five words, especially with the sixth on a different line on mobile.
Baseball Prospectus finds MLB.com used “mammoth” 50 times for home run highlights this year, behind only 53 for “towering”
MLB.com's video headline writers sure seem to love mammoths.
ESPN, the AP, and the Washington Post all led news of Bill Buckner’s death with his World Series error
Putting Buckner's error on the ticker/in a tweet/in a headline was an unusual move by obituary standards, and it took some criticism.
NY Post runs “Ray Lewis returns to scene of Super Bowl murders, certain they’re forgotten” headline on AP story
The AP's original headline was the milder and more accurate "Lewis back at an Atlanta Super Bowl 19 years after arrest."
The State published a story saying South Carolina was picked for the NIT. The only problem? They weren’t.
"NIT Defeats South Carolina."
New Orleans Times-Picayune runs “Expletive. Expletive. Expletive.” front page headline after Saints’ loss
"Expletive. Expletive. Expletive." was quite the commentary on the Saints' loss.
Iowa newspaper writes Tommie Frazier’s still playing QB for Nebraska
Are all Nebraska quarterbacks named “Tommy” or “Tommie” alike? That’s what Iowa newspaper The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier seems...