Deebo Samuel, not Cowing, was the team’s punt returner to open the game, and Cowing misjudged one of his early attempts, allowing the ball to bounce in front of him.
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Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2026
The extent of harm, after all, can be misjudged by those suffering it, and complaints are not always offered by the frightened captive.
When one of the Fox sportscasters mistook Matt Damon for Brad Pitt, several news organizations mistakenly reported that Pitt was there.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2026
In that are shades of Woodstock 1994, where Green Day and the crowd flung mud at each other, and Dirnt wound up getting his front teeth knocked out by a security guard who mistook him for a fan.
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