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Back in February, Mary Kate Cornett, an 18-year-old Ole Miss student, became the subject of a viral rumor that claimed she had cheated on her boyfriend with his father. It spread across the internet and reached sports commentator Pat McAfee, who amplified the falsehood on his podcast, ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show. In an interview with the New York Times …

Pat McAfee is making his amends. The ESPN host offered up an apology to Mary Kate Cornett during Wednesday’s episode of his titular show, five months after he brought up a rumored scandal involving the 18-year-old Ole Miss student. “As a lot of you know, on February 26 of this year, we were down at the [NFL Scouting] Combine on …