AP article editors = FAIL!

[chuckywang]

Link

MADRID, Spain -- Marko Planinic missed two free throws with a second to play for Croatia and Lithuania advanced with a 74-72 win Friday to reach the semifinals of the European Basketball Championship.

Marko Planinic? MARKO Planinic???

Geez, you think that AP sports article writers would know the name of a three year NBA player, right?

EDIT: WTF...this is weird.

If you click on my link, half the time you get an article about Greece vs. Slovenia, and the other half you get the Croatia vs. Lithuania article I reference. But it's still Marko Planinic in both articles. AP article editors still = FAIL.

 

[Mermaidman]

who?

 

[HN]

So this is legal in international ball?
http://www.viewimages.com/Sear...&epmid=2&Partner=Pixsy

 

[nakedfrog]

I'm not sure what the problem is?

 

[HardcoreRomantic]

Woot! Go Lithuania! (sorry, I like them).


And about the name, maybe he just goes by a more "Americanized" name in the NBA. (I guess I don't know who he is, so I'm just guessing)

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
who?

x 2

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I'm not sure what the problem is?

His name is Zoran Planinic.

 

[BigJ]

It's a combination of Marko Popovic and Zoran Planinic.

 

[chuckywang]

Yes, but if I were being paid to write a recap of the game, I'd at least respect the teams enough to know the name of their best players.