sports.yahoo.com - 1/3/2009
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Vince Vaughn hasn't looked this thrilled since the reviews for "Fred Claus" were published. A snippet of their imagined conversation: "I gotta say that I really liked the way you handled that Avery thing, Mr. Commissioner. He's just like this little bunny, who's just kinda ...
totalprosports.com - 1/3/2009
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - After huge success with
the 2009 Winter Classic in Chicago at Wrigley Field...
this past New Years Day, the Philadelphia Flyers have expressed their interest in hosting next years Winter Classic Game. The Flyers are not the only team who are interested in hosting next years ...
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The Flyers Want The Winter Classic Next Year
fromtherink.com - 1/3/2009
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fromtherink.com —
NHL Winter Classic 2009, broadcast New Year's Day
on NBC from historic Wrigley Field, earned a 2.9...
overnight rating and a 6 share (1-4:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight NHL regular season rating in nearly 13 years (Feb. 3, 1996 on Fox, six-game ...
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Florida tunes in the Winter Classic
bloomberg.com - 1/2/2009
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bloomberg.com —
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Detroit Red Wings’
6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday at Wrigley...
Field topped last year’s National Hockey League outdoor game by 12 percent in preliminary television ratings. The game at the home of baseball’s ...
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NHL Sees 12% Rise in Early Ratings With Wrigley Game ...
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Snapshots —
The "buzz" surrounding the Detroit Red Wings' 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the Winter Classic II is starting to die down. The list of round-ups and reflections as of Friday afternoon/evening includes the New York Times' Stu Hackel, a celebrity round-up from Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski, who allowed Yahoo Sports' major league baseball blogger, Kevin Kaduk , to share his fan's perspective on attending the Winter Classic II... And, in his weekly notebook, the Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek ponders whether the Red Wings and Blackhawks ...
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