Via our friend at the Sportress of Blogitude comes this curious Los Angeles Times report:

As Albert arrived, with an entourage of one, TNT public relations specialist Jeff Pomeroy, there was a sudden scuffle when a multitude of 50 Cent protectors seemed unfamiliar with Albert. There was shouting ("It's Marv Albert," yelled a Kimmel show guard, a pronouncement that seemed to have no effect on the 50 Cent phalanx.) There were obscenities. A fist or two flying. A "Don't you put your hands on me" pronouncement.

And finally Albert made it to his waiting room, relatively unruffled but slightly puzzled. "Did you see that?" Albert said. "I thought they were kidding, but then I realized they weren't."

Poor Marv. He's still the best play-by-play guy around. His star has fallen so far, however, that not only does he find himself in Kimmel's green room instead of Letterman's, but he now is merely an anonymous toupeed inconvenience to a more famous guy's entourage. I expect a sharply worded diss track on Marv Albert's next release of Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers.

Marv Albert gets recognition from Jimmy Kimmel, but not everyone at show [Los Angeles Times]
Marv Albert And 50 Cent's Entourage Mix It Up Backstage At Jimmy Kimmel's Show [Sportress of Blogitude]

Albert became the focus of a media frenzy in 1997, when he went on trial for felony charges of forcible sodomy, which involved alleged repeated biting. A 42-year-old woman (who had had a 10-year sexual relationship with him, including phone sex, threesomes involving another male party, and Albert wearing women's underwear) accused Albert of throwing her on a bed in a Virginia hotel (the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City), biting her on the back 15 times, sodomizing her, forcing her to perform oral sex on him, and engaging in periods of facesitting as long as 35 minutes. The woman also claimed Albert forced her to use his mouth as a human toilet. Albert charged that the woman was seeking revenge as he was ending their relationship to marry another woman. After DNA tests proved that the bite marks were his, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges, while the sodomy charge was dropped. Albert was given a 12-month suspended sentence and ordered to continue undergoing counseling.

And now he's back broadcasting games like nothing happened. And no one seems to mind! Hey, fine with us: We just hope Mike Breen doesn't have the same scandal in 10 years. We don't think we could take it.

So: Do you like the Marv Albert? Do you not like the Marv Albert? Let's bite away.

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