The Los Angeles Lakers have finally announced that they will correct errors on the Kobe Bryant "Black Mamba" memorial statue outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles‚ the team announced.The 19-foot bronze statue commemorates Bryant's 2006 performance against the Toronto Raptors during which he scored 81 points‚ the second-most points scored by an individual in an NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain scored the most‚ 100 points in 1962.The memorial to Bryant includes the box score from his amazing game carved into the marble base. Unfortunately‚ the box score contains multiple spelling errors.The errors included the misspelling of two players' names‚ Von Wafer and Jose Calderon. Wafer played for the Lakers at the time while Calderon played for the Raptors. Calderon's last name was misspelled as "Calderson‚" while Wafer's first name was labeled "Vom."Perhaps most egregious‚ the third error was a misspelling of the word decision‚ which was written as "Decicion." What's worse is that the correct spelling of the word is quite literally directly above it. This error appeared to have happened twice on the statue.“We have been aware of this for a few weeks and are already working to get it corrected soon‚” the Lakers said in a statement‚ according to the NBA. The team also noted they would correct other minor formatting mistakes made in relation to Bryant's accomplishments. Kobe Bryant statue at Crypto \u2014 there are multiple spelling errors in the box sheet portion of the statue.\n-Jose "Calderson"\n-"Vom" Wafer\n-"Decicion" twice\nPhotos are real. Hard to imagine how this could happen. Statue has been up since 2/8/24. Called Lakers‚ no word back yet. — (@) The statue was erected on February 8‚ 2024‚ which means that more than a month had passed before the NBA and the Lakers announced that the corrections were going to be made.Fans have ridiculed the statue online‚ but with that ridicule has come disappointment."Something like that – I just wouldn’t expect it‚" Lakers fan Holden Moser told NBC Los Angeles. "Like a statue of obviously a great player‚ you think you would want to put in as much work and make sure you don’t make any mistakes at all on it‚" he added."Well‚ if it’s a mistake‚ then that’s gotta go‚” fan Miguel Custodio declared. "We know Kobe and his reputation as a perfectionist as somebody who wants to do it right‚ why would you have that?"The same fan theorized that perhaps there were errors on the original scorecard that acted as the source material‚ however the local NBC affiliate debunked that conspiracy by investigating the original document. Kobe Bryant\u2019s statue outside of Crypto Arena has THREE typos in the box score \ud83d\ude33\n\n\u25aa\ufe0fJose Calderon - \u2018Jose Calderson\u2019 \n\u25aa\ufe0fVon Wafer - \u2018Vom Wafer\u2019 \n\u25aa\ufe0fCoach\u2019s Decision - \u2018Decicion\u2019 — (@) The statue was designed by Julie Rotblatt Amrany‚ a 65-year-old sculptor who has worked with her husband Omri Amrany on many famous sports statues‚ including one of Michael Jordan in Chicago‚ Illinois. The couple's fine art studio has also been commissioned to create statues of other world-renowned athletes like David Beckham and Shaquille O'Neal.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Liberals have historically been against building a wall‚ but it seems they’re suddenly singing a different tune. Dave Rubin has noticed the shift in perspective. “Do you sense that a lot of people are on that wake-up thing?" Rubin asks Emily Austin‚ adding‚ “There’s a lot of Jews like that in Long Island‚ and they’re just like finally‚ ‘Okay‚ maybe we should have guns‚ maybe we shouldn’t vote for Democrats‚ maybe we shouldn’t have open borders.” As a native of New York‚ Austin has noticed it too. “Remember when ‘build a wall’ was racist? And now‚ everyone’s like‚ 'Can we build this damn wall?'” Austin says to Rubin‚ adding‚ “It’s not about excluding others‚ like‚ they shift the narrative too much. It’s about protecting ourselves.” As illegal immigrants begin to flood liberal hotspots like New York City‚ the idea of protecting themselves overshadows the narrative that they must help everyone in need. “It’s not as racist and excluding as people want it to be‚ and I think people are starting to realize that because of their own selfish interest‚ because now it’s your house getting robbed‚ it’s your daughter being harassed on the street‚” Austin says. “Once it applies to you‚ you care. It’s easy to speak when you have no skin in the game‚” she adds. Before Governor Abbott of Texas began bussing migrants to California‚ California was looking down on Abbott as racist for not wanting an open border. But now‚ they’re begging him to stop sending illegals their way. “I think people unfortunately only open their eyes once it’s reached an insane point of craziness‚” Austin tells Rubin. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations‚ free speech‚ and big ideas with Dave Rubin‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

A small plane containing a husband‚ wife‚ and their 2-year-old daughter took off Friday for Santa Rosa from Shelter Cove Airport in Humboldt County‚ California. The plane never made it to its destination. Upon receiving a report of a possible airplane crash nearby Usal Road in Whitethorn around 1:15 p.m.‚ Mendocino County Sheriff's Office deputies — joined by deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office‚ the California Highway Patrol‚ and other first responders — raced to the scene. First responders scoured the hilly timberland and found an aircraft torn asunder. While the plane was in pieces‚ the Santa Rosa family was still together. What's more: the child and her 38-year-old parents made off with only minor cuts and scratches. Five minutes after takeoff‚ the 2004 Cirrus SR22 single-propeller plane's engine apparently lost power. According to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office‚ the pilot attempted to figure out what killed the engine but quickly realized the "plane's altitude was too low for recovery." Fortunately for the family‚ the plane was equipped with a Cirrus Airframe Parachute System. "It sounded like it was a last-resort effort‚" Captain Quincy Cromer of the MCSO told the Press Democrat. This whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system‚ which has come standard on Cirrus aircraft since 1998‚ fires out a canopy attached to the fuselage that slows an ill-fated plane's descent in the interest of preserving its crew. Sure enough‚ the CAPS worked for the family Friday‚ carrying their plane over to a heavily wooded and mountainous area straddling the Mendocino-Humboldt County line. While their descent was slowed‚ it was not arrested altogether. The plane ultimately crashed upside down onto the forest floor‚ losing its tail in the process. See on Instagram Shelter Cove Fire Department‚ among the local departments that responded to the crash‚ emphasized that "even with the parachute the parties involved were extremely fortunate to only receive minor injuries." SCFD also expressed gratitude "to Cal Fire Fortuna ECC‚ Whale Gulch Volunteer Fire Company‚ Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team‚ USCG Sector Humboldt Bay‚ City Ambulance‚ and the quick acting witnesses who aided in locating the victims." The MCSO suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Earlier this year‚ "Take Our Border Back‚" a coalition of freedom-loving Americans‚ formed a multi-state convoy that toured through the country‚ holding rallies along the journey to bring attention to the Biden administration's "wide open" border policies.The group was relentlessly smeared by corporate media outlets who accused the concerned citizens of being "far right extremists‚" even claiming some participants may have ties to "militias." News outlets blasted the coalition for referring to themselves as "the army of God‚" warning others to stay away from the allegedly dangerous‚ so-called "Christian nationalists."Despite the media's sensationalism and the group's concerns that agitators might infiltrate the convoy‚ the events were peaceful — exactly as its organizers had intended. After initially dominating the headlines‚ the convoy seemed to fade from the spotlight once it became too difficult for the media to spin the prayerful gatherings as anything menacing."The goal is simple: to shed light on the obvious dangers posed by wide open Southern borders‚" read a January press release from the convoy. "Uniting 'We the People' in our resolute stand to send a PEACEFUL‚ LAWFUL‚ and clear message to all city‚ state‚ and federal politicians &; immigration enforcement officials who are enabling tens of thousands of illegal entrants‚ criminals and known terrorists from over 160 countries world-wide to cross daily into our country along our southern border."The convoy started its travels at the end of January in Virginia Beach and wrapped up the tour with three separate rallies on February 3 in Yuma‚ Arizona‚ San Diego‚ California‚ and Quemadeo‚ Texas. Noél Roberts‚ an organizer for the "Take Our Border Back" event in Yuma‚ told Blaze News on Thursday that the convoy "went great.""It went really beyond our expectations‚ I think‚ in Texas‚ California‚ and Arizona‚" she said. "We had anticipated potential issues; none of them came to light in any way‚ shape‚ or form."Roberts explained that the convoy's organizers received warnings about potential bad actors seeking to sabotage the events. Safety was a top concern for many Americans who wrote to the group expressing interest in joining up with the convoy on its tour through the southern states.The Yuma rally pulled in attendees from 30 states and Canada‚ Roberts noted."It definitely brought massive awareness to many who didn't really know what was going on‚" she told Blaze News. "There are so many millions of people still in America that just do not know what's happening even though it has migrated up into the northern states."The Glenn Beck Program's head writer and chief researcher‚ Jason Buttrill‚ joined the "Take Our Border Back" convoy to investigate the Biden administration's border crisis in the newly released Blaze Originals documentary‚ "Texas vs. The Feds: How the Elites Use the Border Crisis Against Us."On the way to Texas‚ Buttrill spoke with the convoy's organizers and attendees to learn more about what the coalition hoped to accomplish by organizing the large‚ mobile gathering of freedom lovers. Craig Hudgins‚ a convey participant‚ told Buttrill that the border crisis was an "originating issue" for the group that ultimately fueled many other problems‚ including jeopardizing election integrity and contributing to human and drug trafficking. Robert Agee‚ one of the organizers‚ refuted the media's inflammatory reporting of the convoy‚ explaining that its events were more of a "prayer gathering.""This has been so organic‚" Agee told Buttrill. "There's nothing more powerful than a group of people coming together in corporate prayer and calling upon the name of the Lord to fight the battle for us." "I think that frightens them‚" he stated‚ referring to the media. With 85% of migrants who reach the southern border successfully entering the country‚ Buttrill sought to determine whether anything was being done to secure the open border or if both sides of the political aisle were merely using the situation for their own gain. "The crisis is being used by Republicans as a photo op‚ by the Democrats to expand their voting base‚ and by the media to slander their enemies‚" Buttrill concluded. Many of the convoy's attendees who gathered at the Eagle Pass‚ Texas‚ rally came out to voice their support for Gov. Greg Abbott (R)‚ who has been in a heated head-to-head battle with the Biden administration ever since the governor moved to empower state law enforcement agents to defend its section of the border.In October‚ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration for instructing federal agents to remove and destroy razor wire placed along the state's southern border to deter illegal immigrants from entering the country. Paxton argued that Texas' installation of concertina-wire barriers was an attempt to "fill the breach created by the federal government's indolence." The federal agents' removal of the wire "undermin[ed] Texas's efforts to stem the flow of illegal immigration‚" the AG claimed in the lawsuit. The Biden administration's Department of Justice declared that "federal law unambiguously grants Border Patrol agents the authority‚ without a warrant‚ to access private land within 25 miles of the international border." The battle has since reached the Supreme Court.In December‚ Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law‚ which would allow state and local law enforcement to arrest‚ detain‚ prosecute‚ and even deport illegal migrants. The Biden administration filed a lawsuit against Texas the following month to block the new law from going into effect.Texas contended that the law is necessary to address the border‚ which it claimed has been "abandoned" by the Biden administration. The federal government argued that the legislation "intrudes into a field that is occupied by the federal government" and "conflicts with various provisions of the [Immigration and Nationality Act]."SB4‚ which was slated to take effect in early March‚ was temporarily halted by the Supreme Court until March 18. However‚ Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes (R)‚ the bill's coauthor‚ is optimistic that the court will side with the state.In January‚ Abbott issued an emergency declaration to seize control of Shelby Park‚ a 47-acre municipal park in Eagle Pass‚ in an effort to curb illegal immigration. The governor's unprecedented move initially gained massive media attention‚ but reporting on the previously privatized land has since quieted.Buttrill speculated that the park's seizure and the lawsuits may have been nothing more than a political stunt."If the Texas seizure of Shelby Park was TRULY meant as an actual deterrent‚ and not an elaborate photo op‚ then this would STILL be the biggest story in the country‚ and it's not even close‚" Buttrill stated. "But it's incredibly hard to make that case when border traffic‚ going all the way back to day one of the seizure‚ had already fallen by a staggering 95%. There's obviously more going on here‚ and we aren't being told the full story."Buttrill explained that he does not expect much progress to come out of the legal feud between Texas and the federal government. "The reason being is that I spoke to people that said the entire narrative is false‚" he remarked. "They said that everything currently being argued‚ regarding how the Texas National Guard is defying the Border Patrol‚ isn't actually what is going on. They said that the relationship between the two is exactly the same as it's been over the past decade. They work together‚ and continue to do so. I don't see much — if anything — changing‚ and I suspect this court battle will quietly slip away."The Biden administration's open border policies have ignited concerns about the swaths of unvetted individuals entering the country.Kate Monroe‚ a Marine Corps veteran‚ told Blaze News that she is concerned Americans do not realize that many of the immigrants crossing the southern border are not "friendly people" seeking asylum."There are military-aged men I've seen with my own eyes. That's the lion's share of who I have seen cross the border‚" stated Monroe‚ a California congressional candidate. "The average American does not understand the threat level‚ the terror level‚ and everything else associated with having an open border."Border Vets‚ a coalition of military veterans committed to defending the country‚ and Monroe have visited California's border to seal gaps in the wall. She noted that the group has received warm welcomes from Border Patrol agents who are frustrated that the Biden administration has tied their hands."Most of them want to quit‚" she added. "They're very disheartened. They can't do their job." Monroe believes Texas "may end up prevailing" in its legal battle with the federal government but noted that many other states will need to join the fight to ensure the entire border is secure once and for all. "It's not just places like Texas and California that are facing this migrant crisis‚" she continued. "We've become a sanctuary country."Buttrill shared his thoughts about the "Take Our Border Back" convoy after the multi-day‚ 1‚000-mile trip concluded. "It was encouraging to see the convoy‚ and their rallies‚ conducted with ZERO violence. I think most people with conservative values became nervous to make their voices heard after January 6. They feared bad actors‚ whether they come from inside or outside the government‚ derailing the entire thing. This proved it CAN still be accomplished‚ and that's very encouraging‚" he said.Buttrill provided some advice for conservative Christian Americans regarding the corporate media's attempts to slander them."Christians that have strong political views should ignore the labels that are being thrown at them‚" he stated. "I don't think they should OWN THEM‚ like 'Christian Nationalist‚' because the government has a history of using labels to justify overreach. Instead‚ they need to double down on the Constitution. Affirm your faith in God‚ but also affirm your belief in the U.S. Constitution. That shuts down any label the government or media will try and smear them with. And that's exactly what I saw from the attendees of the Take Our Border Back Convoy.""Texas vs. The Feds: How the Elites Use the Border Crisis Against Us" drops today‚ March 14‚ for BlazeTV+ subscribers. 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