WRONG USE OF WORDS: OPRAH WINFRE APOLOGISES

Oprah Winfrey issued an apology on Monday for asking viewers with a Nielsen box to tune into OWN.

"Every1 who can please turn to OWN especially if u have a Nielsen box," she wrote via Twitter on Sunday, just as the Grammy Awards telecast began opposite Oprah's Next Chapter. She later added, "Commercial Grammy people..u can turn to OWN."

After Twitter followers began to accuse her of begging, Winfrey went on the defensive, firing off several tweets implying that she is not desperate for viewers. "Unethical a little harsh don't u think? Seemed like it made sense to me. Sorry if u're offended," she wrote in response to the messages.

The original tweet mentioning Nielsen was later deleted, and with good reason. According to Deadline, networks sign agreements with Nielsen saying they won't openly solicit Nielsen box owners.

"I removed the tweet at the request of Nielsen," Winfrey said in a statement Monday, "I intended no harm and apologize for the reference."

NBA STAR ALLEN IVERSON'S DEAD BROKE!

Allen Iverson has reportedly gone from 11-time NBA all-star to financial deadbeat. The Philadelphia 76ers icon was recently ordered to pay over $860,000 to a jeweler, and he couldn't cut a check.

A Georgia judge has ordered the seizing of Iverson's bank account, so the relatively little money he has left will be garnished, as ealier reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

This isn't just another formerly famous athlete blowing a ton of cash. Iverson was among the biggest superstars in the NBA, earning more than $154 million during a professional career that began back in 1996.

How did Iverson lose so much?
Loyal to his friends from a youth spent in Virginia, Iverson traveled with one of the biggest posses in professional sports. Bill Lyon of the Philadelphia Inquirer says the group has as many as 50 people for some Sixers home games. "A.I." took a hair stylist on the road with him and also loved to buy jewelry for himself and his beloved mother, Ann Iverson.

Iverson felt he owed his childhood friends from the old neighborhood because "They made me." The feeling was, without them protecting him from the mean streets, he would have never made it to the NBA.

Apparently they also unmade him.

Despite rumored interest from the Lakers, Iverson is more likely to find playing time and (more importantly) cash outside the U.S. in a place like Puerto Rico.