Isn't the company that makes this game based in San Diego? I find this very ironic...
It is technically possible that your PS3 is faulty and loaded incorrect portions of a disk, but the chances of this happening - and only leading to minor bugs and not freezing/skipping etc - are extremely remote. You have a better chance of making the game winning shot in tonight's NBA conference game, after being struck by lightning.
If you really took all those steps and still see the problem, then it is almost certainly a universal problem. Nothing you can do but
report the bug and hope it's addressed eventually.