Group of Russian NHL players set to block new MLS ruling

The Fantasy Sports Review posted 3/31/2008 from www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com [flag]

A formidable assembly of both current and former NHL players gathered before the governing body of Major League Soccer Monday morning, where they plan to protest the implementation of a new MLS ruling that would all but eliminate diving in American professional soccer. [link]

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