Chris Mortensen Gets Another "Breaking News" Story Wrong

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Mini Pony of the Day 8-26-08
Published 8/26/2008 by tecmo (noreply@blogger.com) at Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
... way to describe it. Either crawl around, or read these links: If you haven't read the Smizik interview/discussion, you should do so. I'm shameless. [ PSaMP ] Tomlin and Mike Potts in Office Space? Riiiiiiight. [ One For The Other Thumb ] R.I.P. Kevin Duckworth. [ TrueHoop ] UCLA is pretty high on itself. [ Larry Brown Sports ] Tiger Woods putts a Rubiks Cube. My co-worker is playing with one right now. [ You Been Blinded ] Chris Mortensen is awful. [ Awful Announcing ]

Ken Shamrock Could Fail Physical For Kimbo Slice Fight [Blog Patrol]
Published 8/27/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Just in case you were counting, Chris Mortensen has gotten an astounding EIGHT breaking news stories wrong in two years. Good lord, that's a lot. [Awful Announcing] ...

Who has two thumbs and thinks live SportsCenter is a hit? This guy.
Published 8/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TONY ARNOLDINE) at T O N Y B L O G S
... It's a good move by ESPN and when Hot Stove seasons come around, the show will be the place to go for breaking news on trades and transactions. It's not going to be able to compete with blogs like the show boasts, mostly because people can check the internet at work and can't watch TV, but it is still nice to know you can go to SC and see Chris Mortensen giving false reports about NFL moves. ...

Seatowning 8-28, Special Teams?
Published 8/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
... +Andy Roddick is soooo lucky [SPORTSbyBROOKS] +Chris Mortenson is AWFUL at breaking news for ESPN +Top 5 Slowest people in Sports [SI] (Bartolo Colon is missing) +Ten NFL games that ...

Jim Fassel Really, Really Wants The Raiders Job
Published 15 days ago by Adam J at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... is such an egregious example of poor judgment that Fassel shouldn’t be gainfully employed by anyone higher than Arby’s. People have been sent to jail for less. Davis might hire Fassel, but then he’ll surround his new coach with subpar-to-NAIA-level talent and a cadre of assistants that changes by the week. Left tackle misses a block? Time to blow up the whole staff. What could possibly go wrong? Also, we should warn you that all of this story is according to Chris Mortensen , who’s absolutely atrocious in his fact-checking and whose sole function is as a mouthpiece for ...