Sports in August 2024
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024
- Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Say It Would Put 20% Sales Tax On Golf Products -- Satire Account
- Fact Check: Travis Kelce Was NOT Fined $10 Million For Taking A Knee During National Anthem
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Fact Check: NFL Referees Were NOT Given Authority To Disqualify Players Kneeling During National Anthem -- It's From Satirical Source
- Fact Check: Thomas Jolly 'Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony' Was NOT Struck By Lightning
Monday, August 19, 2024
Friday, August 16, 2024
- Fact Check: Nike Did NOT Announce End Of Contract With Brittney Griner
- Fact Check: NO Record Michael Jordan Rejected $400 Million Offer from Disney Over 'Woke Ideologies'
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Andy Reid Said During Press Conference That Kneeling Protesters Should 'Lose' Their Olympic Medal
- Fact Check: Brittney Griner Did NOT Announce She 'Is Leaving The United States'
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce
- Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or 'Expecting A Baby' As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up
Monday, August 5, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would 'Stop All Donations' To Olympics -- Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article
- Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against 'Biological Males' At The Paris 2024 Olympics
Friday, August 2, 2024
- Fact Check: Yokasi Maogo Is NOT Name Of Any Olympic Swimmer From Japan -- Baseless Pun In Spanish
- Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship -- Claim From Satire Site
- Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over 'Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics'
Thursday, August 1, 2024
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