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Just in case you have a little time on your hands and want to escape the crush of relatives this weekend, or live in the Midwest or Europe and need a respite from the snow storms, here are a few stories that caught my eye this week that I think you will find interesting:ARTICLEURL Toronto Maple Leaf fans turn to Eggos to express...

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Okay, the headline is a bit misleading - Boise State didn't officially rejoin the WAC, but with Hawai'i now joining the Mountain West for football only that makes four schools that have left the WAC for the Mountain West.  With Utah, BYU and TCU leaving the MWC, the reputation of the conference in the eyes of the football world now rests on Boise...

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Say what you will about the tax cut deal cut capitulation by the President, and I tend towards calling it abject surrender by the President to Senator Howdy Doody from KY (for those of you under the age of 50, Mitch McConnell closely resembles a certain marionette who was a breakout children's TV star of the early '50s), the implementation bill may be...

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As the NHL Board of Governors gathers for its winter meetings, the sale of three clubs tops the agenda.  The sale by the league of the Phoenix Coyotes is the most urgent since should a sale not close by the end of this month, the Commissioner Gary Bettman has said that the club is free to leave Arizona.  Florida businessman Matt Hulsizer has...

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The NBA is buying the New Orleans Hornets from George Shinn and Gary Chouest, as Shinn was unable to complete a deal with minority owner Chouest.  It's likely that the combination of financing difficulties and the uncertainties surrounding the Hornets lease at the New Orleans Arena made the deal untenable for Chouest.ARTICLEURL The question now is did Stern step in to buy the...

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