Sports Illustrated corrects dirty hoax report
The
Sign of the Apocalypse that you ran about the Gator Bowl incident
involving a West Virginia fan in the Georgia Tech band seating area
(Scorecard, Jan. 15) was false and based on an Internet hoax. I
attended the Gator Bowl and was pleased to watch our beloved
Mountaineers finally win after many unsuccessful attempts. I was
further proud to witness great sportsmanship from fans for both teams
when exiting the stadium. Please don’t ruin this experience for our
fans and our state.
Tammy Estrada, Savannah, West Virginia class of 1992
EDITORS NOTE: SI regrets the error.
The hoax that SI reported entailed a fan defecting defecating* in the stands. The magazine should have run a more detailed correction rather than just printing a letter and appending a four word editor’s note. More on this here.
*Correction: This post originally used the word "defecting" instead of defecating. It was corrected on February 5. And this correction initially made the same error. We regret the errors.
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