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College football photo
September 10, 2008 9:18 AM
On Sept. 7 on the ESPN.com college football front page, a photo illustrating a story on Rice and East Carolina was incorrect. The photo included players from Memphis instead of Rice.
Southerland Out For Opener
August 18, 2008 6:04 PM
On Aug. 18 during ESPN SportsCenter, college football analyst Joe Schad said University of Georgia FB Brannon Southerland was suspended for the Bulldogs' opening game. Southerland is not suspended, but will miss the game due to surgery in June to repair a stress fracture in his left foot.
Olympic Gold Medal Record
August 12, 2008 5:45 PM
On July 27 and 28, and again on Aug. 2, SportsCenter incorrectly said that Michael Phelps is chasing Ray Ewry's record of 10 Olympic gold medals. The record is nine -- two of Ewry's gold medals came in 1906 in a special Athens 10th Anniversary games and are not officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Paavo Nurmi, Larysa Latynina, Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis all have nine gold medals.
Darrell Arthur's grades
August 12, 2008 11:44 AM
On Aug. 9, the Bottom Line at ESPN incorrectly reported that WFAA-TV in Dallas mistakenly had reported that school administrators in Dallas had changed the grades of former University of Kansas player Darrell Arthur's grades to keep him eligible to play basketball while in high school. WFAA made no such mistake. Instead, it reported the allegation of grade-changing. In May, a former math teacher of Arthur's at South Oak Cliff High School, Winford Ashmore, told WFAA that school administrators changed Arthur's grades to keep him eligible to play basketball. It was reported on Saturday that a Dallas Independent School District investigation found no improprieties involving Arthur's high school grades.
College Basketball prestige rankings
July 25, 2008 8:59 PM
In a July 25 story about the most prestigious college basketball programs since 1984-85, some facts for Kansas and North Carolina were incorrectly tabulated by the ESPN research department. The correct numbers for KU's conference titles and UNC's number of All-Americans resulted in Kansas switching places with North Carolina and it moved the Jayhawks from No. 3 in the overall rankings to No. 2 and dropped the Tar Heels from No. 2 to No. 3.
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J.J. Hardy in Brewers media guide
July 23, 2008 5:24 PM
During the 1 a.m. version of SportsCenter on Wednesday, July 23 (which also reairs Wednesday morning), anchors Steve Berthiaume and John Anderson joked about an entry in the Brewers media guide which mentioned that J.J. Hardy played high school baseball. The entry was in the 2006 Brewers media guide, not in either of the last two editions of the media guide.
Fresno State's success against BCS schools
July 6, 2008 9:53 PM
In a July 3 story from the Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook on ESPN.com, Fresno State was incorrectly credited with having more wins against BCS schools than any other non-BCS program in this current decade. The Bulldogs have 12 such wins since 2000 but Utah has registered 13 wins against BCS competition in the same time period.
Detroit Lions roster
June 25, 2008 1:30 PM
In a June 24 Detroit Lions story on ESPN.com, Kevin Smith's alma mater was incorrect. Smith played at Central Florida. Also, T.J. Duckett's departure from the team was mischaracterized. He was not re-signed.
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Nikolay Davydenko's agent
June 25, 2008 8:47 AM
In a June 24 story on ESPN.com, Ronnie Leitgeb was incorrectly referred to as the lawyer for tennis player Nikolay Davydenko. Leitgeb is Davydenko's agent.
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Mediate at the U.S. Open
June 19, 2008 2:54 PM
In a June 16 column advancing the Rocco Mediate-Tiger Woods playoff at Torrey Pines, it was incorrectly stated that Mediate was trying to become the oldest winner of a major championship. He was vying to become the oldest winner of a U.S. Open.
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Video of Curlin
June 15, 2008 6:49 PM
On the 1 a.m. ET show on June 14 and again at 9 a.m. ET on June 15, SportsCenter mistakenly aired archived video of Curlin in place of highlights from the Stephen Foster Handicap, in which Curlin was the winning horse.
Corrales fired in first place
June 4, 2008
In a June 3 column about Ozzie Guillen, a fact supplied by the ESPN research department was incomplete. One manager since 1900 has been fired with his team technically in first place -- Philadelphia's Pat Corrales was 43-42 (.50588 win percentage) when he was fired in 1983. St. Louis was 45-44 (.50561).
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