All I ask of the sports news in the morning is to get the simple things right.
Like where is the test match being played on Tuesday between England and Pakistan. Dubai, as the 5 Live report said? Nope, Abu Dhabi. Laziness that.
But that was a minor error compared to the one later in the broadcast. According to 5 Live the Superbowl will be between the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots. Now with a beloved who is a Giants fan, who woke up to be told the great news her team is through, and with the winning kick played out on the TV before I set off this morning, this came as a shock to me. So I thought it might just have been an error he would correct. Nope. The Patriots beat the Ravens to win the AFC Championship he said, and the 49ers beat the New York Giants in the NFC.
It might be 6:30 in the morning chaps, but get it right, eh? All we ask.
And yes, I did check SI to make sure I hadn’t imagined it… New York did win.
