O.J. Simpson is Byron Leftwich

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O.J. Simpson is Byron Leftwich
Just minutes ago on Tuesday evening's 6 p.m. SportsCenter, the program led with the news that O.J. Simpson has been charged with eight felonies in the Las Vegas sports memorabilia incident. Next, ESPN brought in John Clayton and Mark Schlereth to analyze the Atlanta Falcons' signing of Byron Leftwich. Across the bottom of the screen, we found this. [link]

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Mugshot Mistakes: The Juice in Place of Byron Leftwich
Published 9/19/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... , but let’s wait till this rapscallion gets sentenced to jail time – simply because we hate giving him any attention. But we’ve found an angle! If you let your TV bleed from PTI into Sportscenter on Tuesday, then you probably saw this graphic of the Juice’s mugshot in the place of new Falcons QB Byron Leftwich. ...

ESPN Reports The Falcons Sign Byron Leftwich OJ Simpson?
Published 9/19/2007 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
I don't know how hard (or easy) it is to add production elements to a broadcast, but this seems like something that should have been caught before it was aired. According to Construda, John Clayton and Mark Schlereth were on Sports Center to talk about the Falcons' signing of Byron Leftwich when the graphic below was placed on the screen. ...

Add Kidnapping To The Juice's List Of Charges
Published 9/19/2007 by DCScrap at Our Book of Scrap
... (Image: Construda) ...

ESPN Thinks Byron Leftwich is OJ Simpson
Published 9/20/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
ESPN THINKS LEFTWICH AND O.J. ARE THE SAME PERSON: Does ESPN think that all African-American NFL players - both past & present - look alike ? CONSTRUDA presents this fun find from Tuesday night's SportsCenter. The chyron at the bottom of the screen tells of Byron Leftwich signing with the Falcons. But if you look closely at the headshot, it isn't the ex-Jax Jaguar at all: It's Orenthal James Simpson. OJ's Vegas adventure was the previous story, and it appears someone got a bit careless or lazy in the Bristol graphics department. It's bad enough Leftwich has to fill the shoes of Michael Vick - he doesn't need to be compared to another criminal. After about 10-12 seconds, the mistake was finally caught, as Byron's mug was correctly displayed soon after: And he doesn't look too happy about the mix-up, either. ...

Morning Paper: Juice on the Juice?
Published 9/20/2007 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... ESPN confusing Byron Leftwich for OJ???? [Construda] ...

FanHouse's Top Five: Thanks for the Add
Published 9/20/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... are considerably different people, not just in outward physical appearance but in just about every abstract sense. Unfortunately for Leftwich, ESPN failed to recognize the distinction yesterday. ...

Open NFL Thread: Week 3
Published 9/23/2007 by JakeTheSnake <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
... There's a better chance that we'll see OJ at QB than of Atlanta winning this week. ...

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