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Alex Ovechkin and the Caps are scheduled to play seven times on Versus next season -- up from four times last season. The NBC schedule remains incomplete, but the Caps do play Pittsburgh twice on Sunday afternoons. I'm willing to bet NBC will add at least one of them. I'm writing a story for tomorrow's paper about the Caps' brisk season ticket sales this summer. In fact, the team's season ticket base could almost double...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. (link)

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