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January 7, 2009
BETTING ON BROOKLYN-NETS BEAUTIES NOW CALL BOROUGH HOME
NYPost.com
by Stephen Witt
Steve Witt gets the call-up to the big club, and gets to interview two Nets dancers, to boot. Eat your heart out, Dennis Holt!
The Nets’ move to Brooklyn in the proposed Barclays Center arena may be stalled due to ongoing litigation and a crumbling economy, but two of the team’s star dancers have already made the move to the Borough of Kings.
Jerese Kimbough, 26, originally from outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Allison Barnes, 22, originally from Birmingham, Alabama have both decided to call Brooklyn their home since moving to the area and successfully auditioning to become part of the dance troupe, which entertains fans during time-outs at all Nets home games.
Unsurprisingly, the ladies think the Nets would be a boon to Brooklyn (not to mention their commutes).
Kimbough also supports the team’s move to Brooklyn, saying it will be good for the borough to have a team of its own.
“Hopefully it will provide more jobs in the community as well and more activity in general,” she said.
Barnes, who moved to the area just six months ago and lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, said she thinks the team coming to Brooklyn will offer a major boost to the borough.
“It will be a great opportunity for Brooklyn fans to have a team of their own to look up to,” said Barnes. “Kids get a chance to see something positive and have an opportunity to go to local games and see how we do it. The family that lives below me asks all the time about when the Nets are coming to Brooklyn, and they’re real excited about the move.”
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