Spelling bee controversy, We're always a little miffed this time of year when the Scripps National Spelling Bee gets big-time sports coverage like it's the Super Bowl.
So with the Bee (thankfully) finished on Thursday, we can at least give you a real tie to sports — with some of the best recent sports spelling screw-ups. And we won't even make anyone spell out Coach K's name.
You would think simple spelling would not be a problem at some of America's finest institutions of higher learning. You would be wrong.
Even Notre Dame, a school who preaches constantly about its high standards, cannot always be trusted. In gearing up for what would be a magical 2012 football season, the official team gloves included a minor goof. Unless Cha Pion was one of the school's past fencing champions, perhaps?
Sheesh, I hope at least they didn't wear the jersey of the opposing team. Because that would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?
In one case, the respected Duke Blue Devils — a school with head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who really should be a spokesman for Webster's Dictionary — once lost out on a recruit because they couldn't get the kid's name right. So he went to rival North Carolina.
It's not like the NCAA (wait, did we spell that correctly?) is any better. During the 2012 National Championship telecast at the NCAA Tournament, marketing wizards smartly utilized on-court banners to promote the site of the ensuing year's Final Four location. But we bet no one realized the 2013 tourney would be held in some Lithuanian town.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Spelling bee controversy
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