Sports in August 2024

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence University Of Texas Students Who Knelt During National Anthem Were 'Removed From Scholarships' -- Photo Is Of Kennesaw State University Protests

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

• Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Say 'If Kids Can Afford $8 Cups Of Coffee, They Can Afford To Pay Their Own Student Loans'

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

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jarren Duran Of Red Sox Getting Standing Ovation in August 2024 After Suspension For Homophobic Slur Toward Fan -- Crowd Footage Is From 2023

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

• Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics -- Scene Of Moroccan Footballers' Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Is From 2023

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

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine -- He Cited Heat