Ah yes, a Newspaper error of spectacular proportions for Sports fans. The Indianapolis Colts definitely lost the Super Bowl, but at least a Virginia newspaper fantasized about a score-change. The Virginian Pilot newspaper in Virginia Beach reversed the score in its early editions, so that the headline and the story were correct, but the score, printed in bold faced red, showed the Colts beating the Saints. The newspaper later issued a statement saying, “We’re embarrassed, and we apologize to all our readers, especially Saints fans.” Denis Finley, Editor of the Virginia Pilot, offered this lengthy explanation:

“It doesn’t get much worse. The whole country watches the Super Bowl, the whole country knows the score, and we get it wrong? Preposterous. Unbelievable. Embarrassing. How could this happen? … It was, as simply as I can put it, human error. It’s hard to believe we can make a mistake like this when at least a half-dozen veteran journalists were involved in producing Monday’s Sports section. It’s hard to believe we can mess up what is arguably the biggest sporting event of the year, but we did.” Come on guys, how many sports journalists does it take to accurately report on the Super Bowl SCORE for crying out loud!?!?!