I'm going to safely assume that most of you out there in blogosphere-land have no idea who the gentleman in the above picture is. For your information, that's Lapo Elkann and he is the current manager of brand promotions for Fiat Automobiles
Well, Lapo was attending the Toronto Raptors-Los Angeles Lakers affair on Wednesday night in courtside seats when a loose ball came his way in the 4th quarter.
The referees ruled the ball was off of Raptors guard Jose Calderon and gave the possession to the Lakers although Lapo touched the ball while it was going out of bounds.
The Lakers went on to win the game by the score of 109-107 and Toronto Raptors fans are irriate about the lack of fan interference called on the play. (To note in the NBA rulebook, there is no clear-cut rule on fan interference) Also it appeared that Calderon would have been called out of bounds even if he did save it since his foot touches the out of bounds line.
They also have been on the warpath on Lapo's Wikipedia page as well, so I guess that Lapo has become somewhat of a Public Enemy to Raptors fans now, somewhere between Allen Iverson and Vince Carter.
In the end, what we learned from this ordeal is that even a man listed in Vanity Fair's Best Dressed Hall of Fame can't find something to cover this controversy up.