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Hawks fans mock finals graphic as Kings' kickoff draws fire

Hawks fans mocked a dream finals graphic error while Kings owner Vivek Ranadive's season kickoff highlighted the franchise's underlying issues.

On air: Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
Published 2:49 PM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Hawks Fans Roast Team Over Weird Dream Finals Graphic Blunder”, with reporting from A Royal Pain.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:49 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield; aired 3 times.
Topics: WNBA Finals.
BBN covered this story before: Hawks' 'weird' celebration of Dream's WNBA Finals berth draws fan… (October 10).

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Yahoo SportsHawks Fans Roast Team Over Weird Dream Finals Graphic Blunder
A Royal PainVivek Ranadive's weird season kickoff demonstrates core Kings' problem

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo sports stories with the same problem today.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYahoo Sports says Hawks fans are roasting the team over a dream finals graphic that went wrong, and A Royal Pain says the Kings' season kickoff showed their core problem.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA graphic. On a screen. Somebody was in charge of that screen.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPresumably, yes. Someone approved it, the way someone approves everything around here.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentApproved by one guy working Sunday with a sandwich in one hand and a mouse in the other.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou say that like you know him.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI am him. I did the Hawks one. I'm so sorry.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex has a bench full of people who wouldn't have touched that button. What do you have, Rex?

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