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Kobe Bryant was given the ultimate honor posthumously in February, when the Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of him outside Crypto.com Arena.
A little more than a month after the ceremony, the Lakers have acknowledged that several errors on the statue will be corrected.
The names of Jose Calderon and Von Wafer are misspelled in the replica box score from Bryant's 81-point game in 2006 against the Toronto Raptors, as is the phrase "Coach's Decision." On the side where Bryant's career accomplishments are listed, there is a formatting error.
The design and pose of the statue were revealed when it was unveiled on the special date of 2/8/24 — signifying the No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys Bryant wore with the Lakers and the No. 2 that his daughter Gianna wore on her youth basketball team. The statue features Bryant standing in a victorious pose with his right hand held in the air from the 81-point game.
"We have been aware of this for a few weeks and are already working to get it corrected soon," a Lakers spokesperson said in a statement.
Vanessa Bryant revealed during the ceremony that Kobe will have three statues outside Crypto.com arena. One will feature Bryant in his No. 24 jersey, and the other will be of him standing next to Gianna, who died with Bryant and seven others in a 2020 helicopter crash in Southern California.
Dates for those statue unveilings have not been announced by the Lakers.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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