No further offence intended but I'm waking up in the UK now aware that the Lakers is a basketball team. It's probably not a fact I'll retain. Never seen a game in my life. Consequently I only saw a rather ill-advised tattoo.
I'm sure there are Americans who have never heard of Morrissey.
KS - the word in the song is "debt", BTW.
Yer, I'm the same, no idea who this guy is...some black guy who played basketball/netball & is now apparently a 'legend'...a term used all too often & too quickly that it's lost its meaning really...not too dissimilar to the word 'racist' but hey, that's another story.
I've noticed on the BBC story there's a whole raft of suck-ups looking for a mention, Obama (shock horror
must have a new after dinner speech to do), & even Mariah Carey - must have new album in the pipe. Usain Bolt apparently can't believe it - well he can run fats but he's a thick Jamaican...while Kanye West is saying sucky meaningless shit like "
the life you've lived and all the inspiration you gave"..& even Raheem Sterling wants a mention in dispatches it seems.
But of course, press being what they are, the whole story is tarnished with "
Bryant was accused of sexual assault in 2003 by a 19-year-old woman working at a Colorado resort. He denied the allegation, saying the two had consensual sex. The case was dropped after the accuser refused to testify in court. He later apologised, saying he recognised that "she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did." A subsequent civil suit was settled out of court"...so guilty then.
So in real terms he is/was married, had 4 kids, yet couldn't actually keep it in his pants & was unfaithful to his wife & kids...legend indeed!!
Another quote
"He loved his family so much, and had such strong passion for the future. The loss of his beautiful daughter, Gianna, makes this moment even more devastating." Yes I see, now, he really did love his family THAT much, didn't he, b'cos you're telling me he did, so I'll believe that one.
I'll not shed any tears, unlike the fakers on here doing their woke outrage bit bcos it fits their agenda. Ugh. Just 2 less pockies in the world to my mind.