More Factual Mistakes Made By Broadcasters

Once in a better time, ABC TV’s great sports anthology show, “Wide World of Sports” “scanned the globe” for unique sports events. Here is a scan, if you will, of factual errors by sports broadcasters in recent days.

One never has to look far, nor listen long, to get one from WFAN Radio  and CBS Sports TV host Mike Francesa.

At the Washington Nationals low point, before their game on April 28th, Francesa said they had lost 5 straight games. In fact they had lost 6 straight games.

During a break, while giving an update during the Yankees/Red Sox game last Sunday, WFAN Radio update person Erica Herskowitz said the Warriors and Wizards had won their semi-final series openers. The games they won were CONFERENCE semi-final opening games, a big difference.

Concerning a pretty fair basketball player named Michael Jordan–maybe you have heard of him–the abrasive ESPN radio commentator Colin Cowherd stated Jordan went 8 years sans a title from his college title until his first one in the professional game. The correct number of years is nine, from 1982 until 1991.

None of these were “slip of the tongue” mistakes and show typical lack of homework, which is so evident in today’s broadcasting.