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ESPN Taking Heat Over Disgraceful Error During Rondale Moore Tribute Following Vikings WR’s Tragic Death [PHOTO]

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This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter
Scott Van Pelt (Photo via ESPN)

ESPN did what any respectable sports network would do following news of Rondale Moore’s tragic passing. They paid tribute to him in a television segment. 

The only problem: they used the wrong picture. 

The Worldwide Leader in Sports had a photo of Minnesota Vikings returns specialist Myles Price up while Scott Van Pelt spoke on the heartbreaking event on Saturday night.

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Fans Rip ESPN After Network Uses Wrong Photo For Rondale Moore Segment

Rondale Moore at training camp
Rondale Moore (Photo via Imagn Images)

As you might imagine, the internet banded together to slam the four letters. 

“ESPN couldn’t even get the right photo for a dead man’s tribute segment. Rondale Moore deserved better than being misidentified on national television hours after his death. Absolutely disgraceful editorial failure from a billion dollar network,” someone claimed.

Another user wrote, “Do they have another job than to be careful with the information they put out? So why still messing around 🤔.”

“World wide leader in sports they say 🤣,” someone else laughed.

“And ESPN wonders why no one watches their programming anymore. Can’t even get a simple picture right,” another fan said.

News of Moore’s death spread on Saturday night, with the authorities revealing that the Vikings wide receiver was found dead in his garage with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

To be fair, ESPN was just one of the outlets that used the wrong photo.

Several online publications, including this very site, used an image of Price for their articles on Moore’s death. The photos were mistakenly mislabeled by the major editorial image services, leading to the error. 

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