Cleveland Browns

Atlanta news station causes frenzy with tweet of old Josh Gordon article

Published Aug. 10, 2015 2:00 p.m. ET

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Josh Gordon has not been arrested for a DWI again.

WXIA-TV Atlanta caused a frenzy on Twitter Monday when they accidentally retweeted their 2014 story on Gordon's DWI, except with a 2015 dateline.

That Josh Gordon story is old. The story said he “led the NFL in receiving yards last year.” URL 7/5/14 pic.twitter.com/vq8fyNN2TZ
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) August 10, 2015

The story was immediately picked up in Cleveland and Gordon's name started trending on Twitter.

'gordon' is now trending in #Cleveland http://t.co/N2zjhhRXrq
— Trendsmap Cleveland (@TrendsCleveland) August 10, 2015

And Cleveland fans can now breathe a sigh of relief.

Gordon last played for the Browns in 2014, catching 24 passes for 303 yards in five games. In Gordon's breakout year of 2013, he caught 87 receptions for 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns.