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Hatch and Kennedy, for instance, are great friends who often share each others' company off the job. For loyal Democrats or Republicans, this "sleeping with the enemy" might engender the kind of betrayal felt by fans of the Phoenix Suns when they heard about Charles Barkley's playoff lunching with Michael Jordan. Well, no matter how nasty the Senators are on television, they are entitled to be people, too. In any case, they haven't been a pro team for 19 years...
Roller hockey, as it's called, was already a growth industry. But the Kings' breathless playoff victories have made it a retail bonanza. In Pasadena, my hometown, sporting goods stores reported record sales of sticks, pads and blades. Many removed the baseball and basket-ball equipment from store windows and replaced it with hockey pucks and jerseys...
...playoff game at Ohiri Field would determine who would advance to the NCAA Final Four next weekend, and it was simply too important a game for Harvard to lose...
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Meanwhile, top-ranked Virginia and number two Maryland will receive first-round playoff byes, and will face tomorrow's winners in the Final Four next weekend...