I'm Your Number One Fan ...

Boy, oh, boy, this is one committed fan. From the Daily Oklahoman:

"A man's wish that the number of years he spends in prison match the 33 on a former NBA star's jersey was granted this week by an Oklahoma County judge.

"'He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey,' District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. 'We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.'

"Eric James Torpy asked to do three more years on a 30-year sentence for two counts of shooting with intent to kill and robbery. The total now reflects famed Boston Celtic Larry Bird's uniform number."

But the best thing for Torpy is that, in case he comes across any rabid Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-obsessed prison gang fan club, he has an immediate alternative explanation ...