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April Fools, these fake sports tweets probably got you tooWe all want to be first. First in line for whatever you’re buying, first to discover new talent, first to see that blockbuster hit. In the media, we also want to be first to a story. You probably do too. That might be why you’re on Twitter — to follow the “Woj Bombs” or Schefter’s BREAKING news. But...

Bogus ‘Jets Sign Kaepernick’ Tweet Shows Antsy Nation Desperate to Lose Its Mind Over AnythingFor one brief moment Thursday afternoon it was as if a life preserver had been thrown to every weary, locked-down soul with a strident opinion:...

Record-Setting 70-Year-Old Marathon Champ Disqualified For CheatingThis March, septuagenarian distance runner Frank Meza finished the Los Angeles Marathon in 2:53:10. That would be a record time for his age group, only it’s been stripped from him after L.A. Marathon officials disqualified the result and ruled that one particularly suspicious stretch of his alleged ...

Climbers Who Lied About Climbing Mt. Everest Say They Made It From Summit To Base Camp In Two Hours

According to Indian climbers Vikas Rana, Shobha Banwala, and Ankush Kasana, the trio summited Mt. Everest on May 26 along with four Sherpa guides. According to the physical evidence and the testimony of other climbers, they never made it past Camp III and totally lied about reaching the peak....

Did Michael Avenatti Fall For A Hoax Invoice Claiming That Nike Paid Zion Williamson's Mom?

Two weeks ago, before he was indicted in United States District Court for a wide variety of crimes, lawyer Michael Avenatti intimated that he had proof of Nike paying Zion Williamson to attend Duke, and doing so by paying Williamson’s mother for bogus consulting services. His threats were quite spe...

WNBA Players Aren't Actually Trashing NBA Players, But They Are Fighting For Fair Pay

This week, the internet passed around several quotes by WNBA stars who called out their NBA counterparts and asked for better pay. Those quotes are all very fake. Supposedly Dallas Wings player Skylar Diggins-Smith bagged on LeBron James for being unskilled, and Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Grine...

NHL Apologizes For Those Emails You Received From An Obviously Fake Gary Bettman

The NHL issued an alert today that the league would be investigating emails received by numerous people purportedly from commissioner Gary Bettman “requesting a phone call or other calls to action,” claiming the emails were being sent from fake accounts:...

Amazing Online Hoax <em></em>Welcomes "Washington RedHawks" To The NFL

As a general rule, when the internet’s baking outer shitlands send aspiring creators of fake news, it isn’t sending us its best. It’s sending Destroy Belly Fat With One Weird Click fraudwads, it’s sending Macedonian click-hustlers and pinwheel-eyed domestic weirdos whose minds have been corroded by...

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Self-Proclaimed Lotto Winner Yet To Pay $7.5 Million He Promised To Junior Hockey Team

Last month, various Canadian news outlets featured a heartwarming story about a local man giving back to his community. A British Columbia man named Mike Gould had promised to donate $7.5 million to the Kimberly Dynamiters, a local junior hockey team. The donation was announced before a game on Octo...

by Tom Ley|

|Wed Nov 15 2017

Fox News Host Fooled By Viral Hoax Photo Of Shark On Highway

The scenes in Houston are scary and sad. Photos show parts of the city completely flooded, with more rain on the way. But one photo that’s been circulating is not scary or sad or real: It’s a photo of a shark on a highway. ...

by Dan McQuade|

|Tue Aug 29 2017

Asshole Hoaxes Hundreds Of Job Seekers Into Attending Raiders Stadium-Board Meeting

If you lived in Las Vegas and were looking for a construction job, you might have been thrilled to read the flyer below, which promises “JOBS!!! JOBS!!! JOBS!!!” of both the union and non-union variety, to “black men and women” in particular. The flyer declared that if you, the job seeker, showed up...

by Patrick Redford|

|Fri Jul 14 2017

Lance Armstrong Denies That Lance Armstrong Is Dead

Is Lance Armstrong dead? According to fox-news24.com, he is. According to Lance Armstrong, he is not....

by Patrick Redford|

|Fri May 12 2017

Meet The Couple Who Got Caught Faking A Historic Mt. Everest Ascent

In June, Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod lived out a lifelong dream and summited Mt. Everest. They became the first Indian couple to climb the mountain together, and claimed that they’d been putting off having a child until they managed to climb the world’s tallest mountain. It’s a heartwarming story...

by Patrick Redford|

|Thu Sep 01 2016

How The World Fell For A "National Cuban Sandwich Day" Hoax

“National Cuban Sandwich Day” does not exist, but thanks to one newspaper reporter media outlets around the world celebrated it on Tuesday anyway....

by Timothy Burke|

|Fri Aug 26 2016

Have you read the story about a Spanish man who was in a coma for 11 years waking up and expressing astonishment that Roger Federer was still one of the best tennis players in the world? Open Court tried to track down the story to its origin, and it sure smells likes a fake. [Open Court]...

by Kevin Draper|

|Wed Sep 23 2015

Someone Appears To Be Trying To Hoax The Marlins President Out Of His Job

When the Miami Marlins sent Marcell Ozuna to the minors on July 5, there was more in play than just giving the slumping third-year outfielder a chance “to get his rhythm back,” as Ozuna’s agent Scott Boras said he was told. Whether Ozuna becomes eligible for arbitration after this season or next dep...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Thu Sep 03 2015

Seth Davis Promotes His Mom's Hoax Cancer Cures

There have never been more options for those convinced that the medical establishment is hiding secrets from them. Look at the Google ads running down the sidebar of just about any website you visit, and you're almost certain to see ads about "natural" cures—gluten-free diets and alkaline water, s...

by Jeff Waksman|

|Wed Sep 28 2016

Robert Allenby Spent $3,400 At A Strip Club On Night Of Alleged Attack

GolfChannel.com has managed to piece together a few more bits of information from the night pro golfer Robert Allenby claims he was kidnapped, beaten, and robbed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Allenby's story has been springing leaks almost from the moment it became public, and GolfChannel.com has just poked ...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jan 26 2015

Witness: Robert Allenby Hurt Himself After A Trip To The Strip Club

Professional golfer Robert Allenby's bizarre kidnapping story—the one in which he claims that he was kidnapped from a Honolulu wine bar, beaten, robbed, and then dumped in a park six miles away—keeps springing more leaks. ...

by Tom Ley|

|Thu Jan 22 2015

Coin Flip Photo Is A Nike Hoax

This photo was tweeted out by Nike, and then re-tweeted (without context) by ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. It's not real....

by Timothy Burke|

|Tue Jan 13 2015

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