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MARCA (Spain)
(September 20, 2007)

 


L’Equipe (France)
(September 16, 2007)

The Plain Dealer
(June 9, 2007)

NBA FINALS CAVS VS. SPURS

Superfan arrives .

The Cavaliers did not technically make it to the grandest stage when they won the Eastern Conference crown, or when they played their first NBA Finals game.

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A-Z Town (Japan)
(May 23, 2007)

Miami Herald

Front, Center
(June 13, 2006)

California investor Jim Goldstein has attended thousands of NBA games -- many of which sitting courtside -- during his life.

DALLAS - As his news conference ended Friday in American Airlines Center, Shaquille O'Neal looked at the old guy sitting in the front row wearing a bright orange jersey and a matching bright orange baseball cap and said with his trademark grin: ``Nice World Cup outfit.''

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Palm Beach Post
Two-Horse Town
(june 11, 2006)
DALLAS - The countdown is on. It's T-minus 60 minutes to the first-ever NBA Finals game in Dallas, and cluster of fans have gathered with the idea of beating the heat(even though it's close to 100 degrees), getting inside the arena (see prvious disclaimer) and beating the Heat (the basketball team trying to crash their party)...

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Goldstein well known in NBA
(June 17, 2005)

Who is this guy below?

An old rock star? He looks a little like Tom Petty. He has long gray hair and wears clothes like python leather hats, colorful scarves, ostrich leather jackets, designer jeans and python leather boots.

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California multimillionaire's hooked on hoops
(June 12, 2005)

With his flair for dressing in colorful designer duds and his wiry gray hair, wide-brimmed hats and courtside seat, it's hard to miss multimillionaire Jim Goldstein...

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Courtside at Game 5
(June 3, 2005)

NBA fan Goldstein now familiar face

More proof that Miami Heat basketball has made the big time: Superfan Jim Goldstein is a regular.
Goldstein, profiled by ESPN's Sidelines last year as the NBA's most-ardent fan...

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GOLDSTEIN Lavish life affords fan access to front row
(May 7, 2005)

Hat's off to NBA's No. 1 fan

If you've been to many NBA playoff games, you've probably seen him sitting in the front row...

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Bola Sports

50 Tahum Mejeng
di Court Side
(30 October - 5 November, 2004)

 


The Detroit News

It's hard to miss NBA superfan and his outfits
(June 13, 2004)
GARISH ATTIRE IS GOLDSTEIN`S TRADEMARK

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
— It won’t be difficult to spot Jim Goldstein at tonight’s NBA Finals game between the Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers.
He will be wearing the turquoise-and-beige leopard suit, with scarf and python boots.
Folks who sat a few rows behind the Pistons’ bench in Game 3 remember his
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USA TODAY

Fan logs 30,633 miles for playoffs
(June 4, 2004)

LOS ANGELES — No player has traveled a more circuitous or costly road to the Finals than Jim Goldstein. The ubiquitous super fan from Los Angeles, who is on a first-name basis with the league's stars, saw 32 games in 10 cities in 44 days in the first three rounds of the playoffs and...

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The Indianapolis Star

SIGHTS & SOUNDS
(May 25, 2004)


Celebrity fan`s playoff tour hits fieldhouse

Sitting next to the basket on the north end during Game 2 was one of the most eccentric spectators to regularly attend NBA playoff games.
Jim Goldstein, a wealthy Los Angeles resident...

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Pioneer Press

Wolves have at least 1 L.A. fan
(May 24, 2004)


NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein goes coast to coast to get his fill.

Like most people at Target Center on Sunday evening, NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein was pulling for Timberwolves guard Sam Cassell and ...

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Star Tribune

Flair follows this fan
(May 6, 2004)

Goldstein a regular at NBA games around the U.S.

Sam Cassell was getting into civilian clothes in the visitors' locker room at Pepsi Center in Denver. Forty minutes earlier, the Timberwolves had escaped ...

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San Antonio Express-News
(June 14, 2003)

 

Jim Goldstein's avant-garde wardrobe draws stares and snickers from fans in most NBA arenas. His devotion to the sport commands handshakes and hugs from NBA players and privileges from commissioner David Stern.

Sporting snakeskin boots, a green red and white leather jacket and large-brimmed blue hat and scarf, Goldstein strolled...

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La Gazzetta dello Sport - NBA Playoffs Special
(May 21, 2003)

GOLDSTEIN: THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT FAN IN THE WORLD LIVES IN LA

The name Jim Goldstein won't say much to NBA fans. But this unique guy from Los Angeles has now become an integral part professional basketball just as much as the most famous actors or singers that can be seen courtside at Lakers games. And perhaps even more.

Goldstein is arguably the #1 NBA fan...

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The Boston Globe
(May 2, 2002)

Philadelphia - Celtics general manager Chris Wallace entered the First Union Center last night with a guest. "It's an official series now," Wallace cracked, pointing to the man next to him, a man who...

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ESPN Magazine
(June 14, 1999)

Everywhere I go, there's Jimmy Goldstein. You must know the mug
next to Jack and Magic, he's the Forum's most familiar face-the elfish character with...


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San Antonio Express-News
(June 20, 1999)

It's a place where money is no concern, your seats always are courtside, and you've got an all-year, all-access pass into lockers, practice sessions and press conferences.
Sports reporters like you. Players hang out with you. Owners are...

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The Daily Herald
(May 17, 1998
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MEET JIM GOLDSTEIN, RABID FAN

SALT LAKE CITY -He was a Jazz fan Saturday, in an L.A. confidential sort of way.
He's a guy with Lakers and Clippers season tickets.
But Jim Goldstein is really a citizen of the hoops world, a man with a basketball Jones, as the street people put it...

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The Los Angeles Times
(May 31, 1998)

It doesn't matter that the Lakers are finished. There are more games for Jimmy Goldstein. There are always more games for Jimmy Goldstein.
He has...

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