Published: 22:26 GMT, 7 January 2026 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 7 January 2026
A pair of [NBA](/sport/nba/index.html) commentators have been forced into making a groveling apology live on-air after mistakenly leading an internet pile-on on a female fan.
The incident occurred during the Timberwolves game against the Wizards on Sunday night, when guard Anthony Edwards was seen handing out signed jerseys.
The Timberwolves star was sat on the bench as he scribbled his signature onto the jerseys and dished them out to fans sat in the seats behind him.
However, controversy arose after Edwards, 24, turned around and handed a jersey to a woman in the row behind him, despite a young fan being sat next to her.
Timberwolves announcers Alan Horton and Jim Peterson spotted the moment and took issue with the female fan claiming the jersey and suggested it was intended for the boy sat behind her.
Between them, they made multiple comments on the Timberwolves fan, with Horton saying: 'Is she just going to stick that in her purse?'
Timberwolves announcers Alan Horton and Jim Peterson made a groveling apology live on-air
Horton and Peterson had ripped into a female Timberwolves fan (right) sat courtside after she received a signed jersey from Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards
Peterson then chimed in: 'Give it to the kid right behind you!'
The duo continued to monitor the situation and insisted that Timberwolves staff should have intervened and taken the jersey away from the woman.
'I feel like someone needs to step in', Horton said.
Horton and Peterson persisted in mentioning the female fan throughout the rest of the fourth quarter and, as a result, broadcast cameras cut to her multiple times.
The situation, which was highlighted by the Timberwolves announcement duo, caused a stir on social media as users ripped into the Minnesota fan.
However, subsequent angles from Sunday night's broadcast showed that the woman was in fact the intended recipient and that the commentary duo were in the wrong.
Just days later, Horton and Peterson returned to air and issued a groveling apology, explaining they had made 'misleading' comments about the fan.
The fan, who was unaware of the commentators' comments, was thrilled to receive the jersey
Subsequent broadcast angles revealed that the woman was in fact the intended recipient
Horton said: 'We'd like to take a moment to apologize for something that happened in our last broadcast Sunday in Washington D.C.
'We made misleading comments towards the young fan who received and signed Anthony Edwards' jersey toward end of that game. We did not have full context then later learned that this young woman was in fact the intended recipient of that jersey.
'She did absolutely nothing wrong and we apologized for bringing attention to it and any distress that may have caused'.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Minnesota Timberwolves for comment.