The Sporting News magazine ran a little graphic on a Bryant/ Prince comparison on their To Know List, which is the 8 hottest topics   of the week.  If this was supposed to be a joke, but I found myself to be pretty offended.  The comparison was to slight Bryant and his “selfish” play, but even in humorous tone, there is always some underlying truth behind the joke.

They called Bryant’s 81 points “comparatively wussy” to Prince’s 113.  “Prince - Expert analysis: Yes! Bryant - Oh, please”.  Let me first off say, Prince’s individual accomplishment was criticized by the opponent’s coach, and instructed for his players not to play defense in the second half, in response to Prince and her Murry Bergtraum team running up the score.  The Jordan comparison, I don’t find the humor in implying Prince is a closer comparison to Michael Jordan than Kobe Bryant is.  Next time they want to recognize individual accomplishments, they should use better taste and actually praising the individual rather than ridiculing them.