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Jeanie Buss selling her stake in the Lakers
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Jeanie Buss selling her stake in the Lakers

I'm not sure how, if at all, this might affect WOW, but Buss intends to sell her remaining share of the Los Angeles Lakers, which would also mean she will no longer be the team's governor. If nothing else I would think it likely means that the tapings at LA Live, which is part of the Lakers complex, would probably not continue beyond the current season. Other than that there hasn't been much connection between WOW and the team. Thoughts?

nytimes.com
u/AnxietyOutrageous680 — 3 days ago
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Another NYC Legend's Number Becomes A Scandal

As if echoing the recent brouhaha about a Mets rookie being assigned Gary Carter's uniform number 8, a banner at the Knicks' ticker-tape parade showed bench player Dillon Jones as number 33. 33, of course, is the number of Knicks Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing, and the team retired the number for him in 2003.

Apparently when Jones initially signed, he was mistakenly listed as #33 on the official Knicks and NBA websites, from which the mistake was picked up by other outlets, which presumably led to the error in printing the banner. Jones never actually wore 33 for the Knicks, instead wearing number 1. The mistake seems to have originated because Jones did wear 33 in preseason action with the Wizards. Facepalm.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-legends-basketball-news-new-york-city-halls-patrick-ewing-blunder-during-knicks-championship-parade-sparks-heated-debate/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/nba/patrick-ewing-retired-number-knicks-parade/6515663/

u/AnxietyOutrageous680 — 2 months ago
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Mets Give Out A Number They Usually Don't...But Apparently Not For Long

Nick Morabito made his Mets debut tonight, and was wearing number 8. This was Gary Carter's number as a Met (and throughout his career except for a few games in 1974), and while it's never been retired, there has been speculation that it will be, and it hasn't been given out since 2001.

HOWEVER, the team's announcers said on the broadcast that this was just temporary, because there wasn't time to have the uniform done so they just went with what they had. It seems strange to me that that's what they'd have, although I suppose it's possible that they keep a spare number 8 around precisely because it's not likely to be anyone's permanent number. But it doesn't seem terribly unlikely that either it was given out by mistake, or that they really intended to give him the number and changed course when fans (or maybe even Carter's family or someone) objected.

At any rate, Anthony DiComo is now reporting that Morabito will switch to number 55, saying that "Unlike No. 8, he chose that one himself."

This feels like an "only the Mets" moment, but has something similar happened with any other team in recent years?

u/AnxietyOutrageous680 — 3 months ago