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Like most of you, I suspect, I watch ESPN 365 days a year, or close to it.  The last two evenings I was treated to Black Magic , a documentary that was, without question, the best television programming the network has put out this year.  It was the best documentary I've seen since the nonpareil Hoop Dreams .  I sat through most of the program, a thorough look at the men who ...
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