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Chicago 2016's final fundraiser nets $5M

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Chicago's final fundraiser for its 2016 Olympic bid drew the biggest crowd yet, but raised only about $5 million Wednesday evening, the lowest tally of three major events aimed at luring private cash.

Donors rubbed elbows with some of the nation's top Olympians, including members of the 1992 men's basketball "Dream Team" -- although one important member wasn't there.

 

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From left to right, former Dream Team members Christian Laettner, Clyde Drexler, Chris Mullin, David Robinson, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen and Patrick Ewing are inducted into the U.S. Olympic Committee Hall of Fame in Chicago Wednesday night. (AP)

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