We're not sure what's going on over at the Times, but they might want to get a man to Michigan pronto:

A chart with The Fifth Down column in Sports on Oct. 25, which ranked the top five states that produced the most N.F.L. players on opening-day rosters this season, gave the incorrect ranking in some copies for two states and omitted a state. The correct rankings: California is first (206 players); Florida is second (177); Texas is third (175); Ohio is fourth (83); and Georgia is fifth (80). Because the city of Detroit was listed as a state, in third place, the rankings for Texas and Ohio were incorrect and Georgia was omitted.

Okay, it happens: if not an actual, star-on-the-flag, state, the D is at least a state of mind. Plus, they've got a wide variety of sports teams:

An entry in the News Summary on Saturday misstated the name of the team that the St. Louis Cardinals defeated to win the World Series. It was the Detroit Tigers, not the Detroit Lions.

Yes, it was an ugly loss. Still, it's pretty impressive for a football team to advance all the way to the World Series. Asking them to put four wins together this season was probably unreasonable.

Corrections: For the Record [NYT]

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