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December 28, 2006
NBA fines Kidd $20,000 for "three blind mice" comment
AP, via Yahoo Sports
By Tom Canavan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Jason Kidd was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for a postgame rant in which he referred to officials Jim Clark, Tom Washington and Eric Lewis as "three blind mice."
The New Jersey Nets' star was angry about the officiating during a 92-91 loss at Detroit on Tuesday night. NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson handed down the fine.
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"We come to work, and we work extremely hard at this, only for the officials to screw us," Kidd said. "We fought, but that doesn't mean anything when you have the officials take over the game like that. You go with the three blind mice, and it's just sad that Tom screwed up that game for us."
NoLandGrab: Stupid us! We thought that Kidd was referring to Governor Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Bruno and Assembly Speaker Silver, all of whom instructed their representatives to vote to approve Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan.
Posted by lumi at December 28, 2006 9:41 AM