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Lamar, LaMarcus. Same difference, right?

Wrong. Unless you're CNN, of course, who confused the San Antonio Spurs' prized free agent acquisition (LaMarcus Aldridge) with former NBA player Lamar Odom, who is on his deathbed after an overdose at a Las Vegas brothel.

CNN's "sports" department is Bleacher Report, though we doubt anyone from B/R was asked to double check the photo on TV before it aired live.

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