ESPN Abuses Phil Jackson's Legacy

Last night, I was tuned in to the NBA Playoff game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Hornets on ESPN. Sometime in the third quarter, the network displayed a stat graphic which compared the playoff careers of head coaches Phil Jackson (LAL) and Monty Williams (NOH). The games played and win column was absurdly one-sided for Jackson… but one stat on this box stood out above all.

When it said “NBA Titles Won” on the left, under Williams’ name, it said “0” and it said “10” under Phil Jackson’s name. Without even having to think about it, I immediately took to Twitter as I’d missed my opportunity to snap a photograph of it. Apparently I wasn’t the only to see this as numerous people had retweeted my comments… but I still don’t have a picture to back me up for substantial proof. So if anyone recorded the game last night, I’d appreciate you being able to supply a photograph for me.

First of all, even the simplest math and the most average NBA fan can reel off 6 championships Phil Jackson had in Chicago. The infamous two three-peats (1991-1993, 1996-1998) with Michael Jordan under his wing to give MJ his 6 rings… that’s basic knowledge. Then we know that he had another three-peat with the Los Angeles Lakers when Kobe and Shaq got their three rings (2000-2002). That brings our grand total up to 9 so far.

Then we have the 10^th championship, 2 years ago when the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic… the win elevated Jackson over Red Auerbach for most championships all-time for a head coach. It was “capped” off with Phil Jackson’s X hat.

Last year, Phil Jackson won his second championship of this run, which marked his 11^th championship and 2/3 the way to his 4^th three-peat. The reason he came back to coaching this year was so he could finish this three-peat.

I’ve seen Yahoo! post articles about backup Redskins running back Ladell Betts having his jersey read “Bettis”. I’ve seen articles where they shredded guys for having the wrong number on their jersey. I’ve seen guys seemingly castrated for wearing sneakers that weren’t a team color in the NBA. But we let ESPN get away with displaying this graphic last night that was not only false, but about the greatest coach the NBA has ever seen.

I’ve been finished with ESPN for some time now, and if it weren’t for the fact that they show playoff games or Monday Night Football, I’d not bother ever tuning in to their programming… but this mistake may have already sealed their fate. I’d be fine if I knew they had corrected themselves, but the announcers didn’t make a comment about it when it was displayed, or through the rest of the game, and I can’t find any official statement from ESPN where they apologize for the mistake.

And you cannot insist it was a typo… 11 is the same key… you’ve got to stretch for the 0 when typing 10. Just own up to this mistake, “worldwide leader in sports”!

Tattoos And The Idiots Who Have Them

More and more in recent weeks, I’ve found myself entirely too devoted to bashing tattoos. I’ve got no problems with people getting tattoos, so long as they actually have some kind of meaning to the person other than “I paid for it” or “it’s on me now so that’s what it means to me” or “it looked awesome”. More and more I see people tattooing the most random things to their body, most people covering their body with the nonsense… and more and more, I’ve found myself entirely too devoted to bashing tattoos. Thank a friend via Twitter recently for showing me a picture of some idiot tattooing stars up and down the side of his face. This began my rant against face tattoos. If you’re in a profession or religion where it’s deemed appropriate, fine… tribal tattoos don’t necessarily cause this reaction for me. I also would never have the balls to call Mike Tyson a fool for tattooing his face. But if you’re just a run-of-the-mill Joe… you shouldn’t be tattooing your face with anything.

Windows Live Messenger Officially Converted to Skype

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