Saudi Arabia looms uncomfortably behind just about every major sports league in the world. Seeking to reinforce this position ...

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On the list of things the state of Minnesota loves to boast about, Rollerblades are somewhere near the top. To understand this you must go back in time to a simpler period, the America of the 1980s ...

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It was tough finding anyone who favored the New York Islanders over the Carolina Hurricanes before their first-round series.

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After hitting arguably the highest level of any Western Conference team this season and sustaining it for two months, the Los ...