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Just like us

These people may have high-flying careers and millions to their names, but when it comes to team loyalties, they're no different from the average Canes fan.

JACK NICHOLSON

Team: L.A. Lakers

Movie producers are rumored to work around the Lakers' home game schedule to accommodate Nicholson's longtime passion.

SPIKE LEE

Team: New York Knicks

The filmmaker grew up going to Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. "The love is, in a way, genetic; it gets passed down, handed down, generation to generation," he told ESPN.com in 2001.

EVA LONGORIA PARKER

Team: San Antonio Spurs

It doesn't hurt that her hunky husband is point guard for the team.

ASHLEY JUDD

Team: Kentucky Wildcats

The University of Kentucky alumna says basketball galvanizes residents of a diverse state. "An airline pilot once told my Nana that when he flies over the state, he can tell when UK is playing because the roads are empty," she wrote in a 2004 issue of Sports Illustrated.

STEPHEN KING

Team: Boston Red Sox

When he wrote "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," published in 1999, he probably didn't have to do much hard research on his beloved Sox.

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