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NEW YORK (AP)

Jason Kidd became one of the best by making others better.

Teammates loved him. The U.S. national team needed him.

But he looked more burned out than brilliant in the final weeks of the season, and on Monday he decided to end one of the greatest careers for a point guard in league history.

''My time in professional basketball has been an incredible journey, but one that must come to an end after 19 years,'' Kidd said in a statement released by the New York Knicks. ''As I reflect on my time with the four teams I represented in the NBA, I look back fondly at every season and thank each and every one of my teammates and coaches that joined me on the court.''

Kidd won an NBA title and two Olympic gold medals, is second on the career list in assists and steals, and was a 10-time All-Star. But he missed 22 of his 25 shots in the postseason and was scoreless in his final 10 playoff games shortly after turning 40, and decided to walk away with two years and more than $6 million left on the deal he signed last summer.

His retirement comes two days after fellow 40-year-old Grant Hill, with whom Kidd shared Rookie of the Year honors in 1995, announced his retirement.

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Wednesday’s 9 p.m. series premiere of Tyler Perry’s “Love Thy Neighbor” on OWN drew 1.65 million total viewers, making it the second highest rated series debut in network history across all key measures (second only to Tuesday night’s premiere of Perry’s drama “The Haves and the Have Nots”), the network reported.

The second episode of “Love Thy Neighbor” at 9:30 p.m. built to 1.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

In addition, with competitive data in today from Nielsen, Tuesday night’s two-episode premiere of “The Haves and the Have Nots” (9-11 p.m.) ranked among the night’s Top 10 cable telecasts for all women and was the night’s top two non-sports telecasts in all of television across all key African-American demos (overall #1 AA W25-54, #2 AA W18-49, households and total viewers.)

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN also ranked as a Top 10 cable network across all key demos on Tuesday night and the #1 network in all of television for African-American W25-54 finishing +19% ahead of second place.

We were so happy to learn that Charles Ramsey is still being celebrated throughout the Cleveland area.

And not only is he still being honored, but food is being served.

Numerous restaurants in the Cleveland area, as well as one in Pennsylvania, have banded together in a sort of  ”Free Food for Ramsey” alliance.

The idea blossomed from the Hodges restaurant where Ramsey works as a dishwasher.  Chef-co-owner Chris Hodgson came up with the Ramsey burger which Hodgson describes as “an 8-ounce burger of Certified Angus Beef, with a secret sauce,” according to the Cleveland.com.

Hodges restaurant where Charles Ramsey is a dishwasher, came up with the “Ramsey Burger” which has now been added to their menu in honor of hero Charles Ramsey.

The restaurants that are offering free food to Ramsey for the rest of his life (and/or as long as they’re in business) are:

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Floyd Mayweather is an amazing businessman or has some smart people around him.

The undefeated boxer has managed to leverage his resources and better judgment to become the highest paid athlete in the U.S., earning at least $90 million this year from just two fights, says Sport Illustrated magazine.

At only 36-years-old, the fighter, who’s considered the best defensive boxer of his generation, topped the magazine’s Fortune 500 list with his last year top earning of $85 million, with just two fights.

Others on the list include Miami Heat star LeBron James at no.2 with a total of $56.5 million.

LeBron’s income is his $17.5 million salary with an additional $39 million in endorsements.

Surprisingly, golfer Tiger Woods slid into the no. 5 slot with earnings totaling $40.8 million. In 2004, the athlete was at no. 1, all the way through 2011.

Coming up at the end at no. 50, Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano with $18.2 million.

Internationally, it looks like Mayweather is still on top since David Beckham is the highest paid athlete outside of the U.S. with $48 million.