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Article: CELEBRITY SPORTS CLUB | SHOOTING STAR KERR DRAWS CHEERS, LAUGHS FROM ADMIRING FANS

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June 26, 1997
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AURORA -- The sequence has been replayed thousands of times already. Michael Jordan draws double-team coverage and passes the ball to Steve Kerr who sets, rises and pumps in a 17-foot jump shot.

And while Kerr's series-clinching basket in the NBA Finals isn't being called "The Shot Seen Around the World" yet, it's certainly made life more hectic for the Bulls newest hero.

"It's been non-stop since we won the championship," said Kerr, the guest of honor at Wednesday night's Beacon News Celebrity Sports Club dinner.

"Every night I'm at another event like this.

It's pretty tiring, but it's been great fun."

Kerr certainly didn't show any signs of fatigue at Long Island Sound where he ...

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