CORRECTION to Oct. 1 story on Phoenix Rising slur

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged Sports-Rising Homophobic Slur that moved Thursday, Oct. 1, under a PHOENIX dateline and used an accompanying photo and cutline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in cutline of a photo featuring Junior Flemmings. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – An Oct. 1 Cronkite News story on the Phoenix Rising misidentified the type of pejorative allegedly said by Junior Flemmings. It was a homophobic slur.