You Can't Make THis Stuff Up

All you fantasy football players out there that took Clinton Portis in the first round can breath a sigh of relief.. Contrary to reporting by CBS, Portis is not actually injured: (Via WizBang)

A false report surfaced on the Internet saying Redskins running back Clinton Portis was out "8-12 weeks" with a herniated disk. Team officials quickly debunked it, but not before the news got posted on CBS SportsLine.com and piqued the interest of a variety of print and broadcast reporters.

"It was egregious and, frankly, unforgivable, and we apologize to our readers, Portis and to the Redskins for publishing the misinformation," SportsLine.com managing editor Mark Swanson wrote on the Web site.

--Washington Times

"How deep does it go?" we asked yesterday morning. Ra^thergate has now claimed the sportsdesk... But at least they have the decency to apologize.

Attention readers from Florida! You might consider getting your Hurricane Ivan updates from someplace other than CBS!