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What are the greatest hoaxes in sports history?

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The Te'o fictitious girl friend story will be one that's talked about for a very long time.

Here are some others:

1941: Stockbroker Morris Newburger and radio announcer Alex Dannenbaum conspired to invent the dominant New Jersey football program of Plainfield Teachers College. The New York Times was among the many newspapers duped into publishing reports on the amazing Comets before a reporter finally made the drive out to Plainfield and discovered the truth.

1974: Buffalo Sabres general manager Punch Imlach used the 183rd pick in the NHL draft to select an unknown player he dreamed up by the name of Taro Tsujimoto from the fictitious Tokyo Katanas. The pick was reported in all major media outlets, much to the chagrin of NHL commissioner Clarence Campbell.

1985: Writer George Plimpton published a story in the April 1 issue of Sports Illustrated on pitching phenom Sidd Finch, a supposed English orphan who had learned yoga in Tibet and could throw a 168-miles-per-hour fastball. The article sparked a firestorm of interest until a man playing Finch announced at a press conference he was retiring from baseball to pursue the French horn.
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(copied from worldmag.com)

what are some others?
 
Bz hiring after 2 consecutive NCAAT years. One if the biggest hoaxes of all time.
 
The chick who jumped onto the middle of the marathon (either Boston or NYC, can't remember)

Yeah, what rj said.
 
The pass that hit the scoreboard vs UNC Tarholes. ACC tournament 1976 or 1977.

Lance Armstrong also comes to mind
 
Ryan Leaf and Brittney Griner (Baylor)... Shes a man baby
 
I'm still not sold on "her." "Her" name seems to fit "her" game.

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Sid Finch as something totally ficticious and Lance Armstrong as somebody totally bogus.
 
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