Sportscaster Butchers Odell Beckham Jr.'s Name, Calls Him 'Ladell'

Odell Beckham Jr. is a fresh face in the NFL, and his absurd, otherworldly catch against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night had many people scrambling to immortalize his name in Italian granite. 

This is all well and good, but let’s take a moment to double-check the pronunciation on that name before we go shouting it from the mountaintops. 

CBS Sports’ Solomon Wilcots attempted to give Beckham Jr. his props during the Buffalo Bills’ Monday night massacre of the New York Jets, but he failed in the execution. 

Vine user Omar (h/t Deadspin’s Kevin Draper) posted a video of the moment. Wilcots was trying to conduct an on-air anointing of the Giants wide receiver, but he referred to him by the wrong first name. 

“We now know your name, Ladell Beckham Jr.,” Wilcots said.

Well, most of us have it down, at least. 

While it’s a perfect gaffe, the most delicious irony in Wilcots’ comment was the angry backlash of social media users referring to the sportscaster as “Wilcox.” This happened. A lot. 

Pots and kettles, guys. Let’s step up our games.

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