Awesome -- insane, but awesome

[sigma7]

This is even cooler than it'd have been on Monday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.

The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.

"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

Also, note NUFFLErs: Chefs game bumped up to Friday night for hurricane-evasion purposes. Great googily-moogily.

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[bishop282.livejournal.com]

Flipping around last night and I landed on "The Best Damn Sports Show Period!". They were playing a bit with headlines where one guy would offer three headlines and the other guys had to pick out the correct one. This story was included with Ickey Woods converting to Judaism and becoming a rabbi and something I forget. I guessed Ickey Woods because it seemed a little more plausible.

Sometimes real life is better than stuff you make up.