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Kobe Bryant, the ‘03 Draft Class and USA Sing Redemption Song at Beijing
Kobe Bryant, the ‘03 Draft Class and USA Sing Redemption Song at Beijing
I made the mostly glorious mistake — the not-so-glorious part was eating two microwavable breakfast burritos immediately before — of staying up until 5 a.m. on Saturday night to watch the men’s Olympic basketball team win gold over Spain, 118-107. (What’s that? You didn’t know? Sorry, NBC actually ran this game within 72 hours of it being live, so you have no ...
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