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Bickley: Kidd acting selfless on, off court
BEIJING - Casino owners are always happy. But there's one in Las Vegas who must be very excited. His name is Steve Wynn. He's a billionaire. And his wife, Elaine, is getting Jason Kidd's gold medal if Team USA wins one more game in China. "No, it's not a (gambling) marker or anything like that," Kidd said. "She's just a great friend and a really great person." More on that later. For now, all ...
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BallerBlogger.com — ... Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic:  “Casino owners are always happy. But there’s one in Las Vegas who must be very excited. His name is Steve Wynn. He’s a billionaire. And his wife, Elaine, is getting Jason Kidd’s gold medal if Team USA wins one more game in China. “No, it’s not a (gambling) marker or anything like that,” Kidd said. “She’s just a great friend and a really great person.”" ...

Line Of The Night - Gold Medal Edition
SLAM Online — ... NBA career. And of course, Olympics replay highlights are pretty much non-existent, so it basically never happened!… David Stern had a long day/night/something before this game. He was in the crowd looking rough… And who was next to him in the purple shades? Some sort of futuristic, secret service, alien? Wild… Navarro: Spanish for “floater”… Carlos: Spanish for “runner”… Juan: Spanish for “tear-drop”… Really, Jason?… Melo getting his Mateen Cleaves on was comedy. You could probably catch him sleeping ...

Line Of The Night — 08/24/2008 — Gold Medal Edition
L.O.N. — ...   And of course, Olympics replay highlights are pretty much non-existent, so it basically never happened!…  David Stern had a long day/night/something before this game.  He was in the crowd looking rough… And who was next to him in the purple shades?  Some sort of futuristic, secret service, alien?  Wild…  Navarro:  Spanish for “floater”…  Carlos:  Spanish for “runner”… Juan:  Spanish for “tear-drop”…  Really, Jason?…  Melo getting his Mateen Cleaves on was comedy.  You could probably ...

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