Prisoner is a big Larry Bird fan

In October 2005, Torpy asked an Oklahoma County judge to tack on three more years to his 30-year prison sentence for armed robbery and two counts of shooting with intent to kill.

“He said if he was going down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird’s jersey,’’ Oklahoma District Judge Ray Elliott told the Associated Press back then. “He was just as happy as he could be.’’

But after sharing a 10-foot-by-15-foot cell at the Davis Correctional Facility for the last six years, Torpy regrets asking for the extra time.

“Now that I have to do that time, yes I do,’’ says Torpy. “I kind of wished that I had 30 instead of 33. Recently I’ve wisened up.

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Michael Jordan’s Jet

I was listening to the Dan Patrick Show and they were describing Michael Jordan’s jet.

His Nike Jumpan logo is on the tail and the bottom the jet is outlined in Caroline Blue, his alma mater.

Regarding the tail number, the N is just part of aviation formality (my terminology may be a little off), the 23 is of course his jersey number, the six is for the six NBA championships (he should have gone for 7 which would have included an NCAA championship), and of course the MJ is for his initials.

On the bottom of one wing 23 and the other 9, his Olympic number.

You can read more about it here.

This post is dedicated to my friend, Tim.

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