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Mike Francesa made gaffe while interviewing Karl


Maybe now is a good time to remind anyone who's a fan of longtime New York radio host Mike Francesa that he's in his final year behind the mic of his drive-time show.

The WFAN legend interviewed ex-Seattle Supersonics coach George Karl on Tuesday, but he asked about Michael Jordan ending an NBA Finals on a shot in which he pushed off of Bryon Russell. That was against the Utah Jazz in 1998, which means Francesa might have thought he was interviewing ex-Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. Karl and the Sonics lost to Jordan's Bulls in 1996.

Kudos Karl to being cool about it, though.