Weekly petty SI complaint

[micropolitan guy]

Just finished this week's issue (Brady cover) and again it's pretty good, except for this irritating mistake, the kind of error of fact that never used to happen but now happens once, twice or three times in every issue ( can overlook an occasional typo):

"Last month Chipman was at a rink in Milestone, Saskatchewan (pop. 562), a good eight-hour drive to the east of Winnipeg."

Uh, I know many in this country are totally ignorant of Canadian geography, but Saskatchewan is west of Manitoba and Winnipeg. It's a nice story on the Jets but these types of mistakes shouldn't happen.

And yes, I was perfect during my newspaper career.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Well ... it's kinda dependent on whether you're turned toward the U.S. or toward Nunavut, isn't it?

 

[SportsGuyBCK]

It should be easy enough to find, considering its only 15 minutes from Tahoe ...

 

[slappy4428]

And yet, you say nothing about Gronkowksi in the headline on the Pats story?

 

[podunk press]

I love that Belichick refuses to talk to Peter King.

 

[slappy4428]

As usual, a weekly dose of Petty bull****...

 

[JimmyHoward33]

It also asks how the Pats might defend the Buffalo package, a few lines after referencing BB's Bills Super Bowl game plan. I went back to see if maybe the Giants have a package they call "Buffalo" but I didn't see anything.

Also in the Kraft story, it says, "the tony Boston suburb of Brookline" rather than tiny.

Petty.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Pretty sure they do mean "tony." Look it up. It means trendy or stylish. Brookline isn't particularly tiny with a population of almost 60,000.

 

[joe king]

As long as we're picking SI apart...

I've just skimmed this issue, but I did notice a mention of Antonio Piece in the look back at the previous Pats-Giants SB.

Yes, I know we've all made typos...

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

That's his bar name.

 

[micropolitan guy]

And yet, you say nothing about Gronkowksi in the headline on the Pats story?

I generally don't ready SI stories on the NFL or NBA. But if there was a mistake it furthers the point, no?

 

[BTExpress]

In the Kraft story it talks about Parcells leaving the team after the 1996 season.

"But something else good came out of that season, beyond the team's first Super Bowl appearance: Kraft got to know Belichick."

The team's first Super Bowl appearance? I know they'd like to forget 46-3 happened 11 years before, but . . .

 

[JimmyHoward33]

Pretty sure they do mean "tony." Look it up. It means trendy or stylish. Brookline isn't particularly tiny with a population of almost 60,000.

Could be. Good thought. Didn't consider that all.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

If they meant tony, I would suggest they use the derivative spelling of toney. A tony suburb makes me think of Who's The Boss?

 

[Double J]

Just finished this week's issue (Brady cover) and again it's pretty good, except for this irritating mistake, the kind of error of fact that never used to happen but now happens once, twice or three times in every issue ( can overlook an occasional typo):

"Last month Chipman was at a rink in Milestone, Saskatchewan (pop. 562), a good eight-hour drive to the east of Winnipeg."

Uh, I know many in this country are totally ignorant of Canadian geography, but Saskatchewan is west of Manitoba and Winnipeg. It's a nice story on the Jets but these types of mistakes shouldn't happen.

And yes, I was perfect during my newspaper career.

What a careless mistake. Mark Bechtel is better than that.

 

[da man]

If they meant tony, I would suggest they use the derivative spelling of toney. A tony suburb makes me think of Who's The Boss?

Tony in the sense of hoity-toity, aristocratic or high-toned is a fairly common word. That's the correct spelling and obviously what the writer meant.

 

[nmmetsfan]

If they meant tony, I would suggest they use the derivative spelling of toney. A tony suburb makes me think of Who's The Boss?

Tony in the sense of hoity-toity, aristocratic or high-toned is a fairly common word. That's the correct spelling and obviously what the writer meant.

Is that the same as uppity?

 

[JC]

If they meant tony, I would suggest they use the derivative spelling of toney. A tony suburb makes me think of Who's The Boss?

Tony in the sense of hoity-toity, aristocratic or high-toned is a fairly common word. That's the correct spelling and obviously what the writer meant.

Is that the same as uppity?

You should ask your friends and family this one.

 

[Big Circus]

If they meant tony, I would suggest they use the derivative spelling of toney. A tony suburb makes me think of Who's The Boss?

 

[mediaguy]

I like picking out SI mistakes as much as anyone, but the tiny-tony-toney thread is embarrassing. Nothing wrong there.