We’ve posted plenty of local news blunders on THG, but this woman saying that Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals ended in a tie is up there.
On Sunday night’s news broadcast of Portland, Maine, ABC affiliate WMTW – a New England station no less! – News 8’s Meghan Torjussen failed hard.
“The Boston Celtics, hosting the Miami Heat in Boston for Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals,” Torjussen said. “I guess the game just ended.”
“It ended in a tie. This is what my producer is telling me right now.”
At that point, a graphic reading “Miami 89, Boston 89” appeared on the screen … which was the score at the time, but the game was, of course, not over.
“There you go,” Torjussen said. “There’s the score, 89-89. Down to the wire, 21 seconds left, ended in a tie. … All right, moving on to professional baseball.”
Hopefully she’s not moving on to a new career later this week.