Marv Albert finds reports upsetting

(November 23, 2009) Marv Albert says he's read some creative stuff about himself online. "Maybe I'll look back and think it's humorous. Now, it's upsetting."

At issue is what happened when Albert last week was getting set to appear on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. As he was walking backstage to his dressing room he "heard something" that he thought were people "kidding around." The raised voices, he thinks, came from someone with rapper 50 Cent— another Kimmel guest — wanting to use a phone in Albert's room. "But I didn't even see the guys and don't even think there was a scuffle."

Still, the diminutive TNT NBA announcer says he and friends and family found various online accounts of "stuff that never happened" — included that he and 50 Cent had a fight. "I kept reading about new things that never happened. Maybe it will keep going until Jimmy Kimmel gets punched."

Or, maybe, some wild dogs showed up and Marv had to shoot them right before showtime.

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