Screensaver headline spoiled recorded golf event.

When I can't watch a sporting event, I like to record it.  The only problem is that I have to be extra vigilant to not wreck it by catching wind of the result.  More than once, I have successfully avoided finding out the result and then, the result pops up on the screensaver message.  First of all, why do they do this?  Are there people who desparately want to know the result and, in order to find out who won,  they wait for it to pop up on the screensaver???  Who  decides what gets posted?  How can I avoid this in the future?