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Friends and money in Athens

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

ATHENS, Greece -- I'm not sure how the scalper knew I was American, but I suspect it was the Minnesota Lynx T-shirt that I was wearing while I stood in line at the ticket booth outside the Helleniko Olympic Complex on Sunday. "Excuse me, you're from the United States?'' he asked with a slight German accent. "Do you want a ticket to the basketball game?'' No, I'm going to the Greece-Netherlands baseball game. "Greece? Why? The U.S. is playing basketball tonight. You should go to that. Only 5 ...

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