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The end of the National Football League’s regular season on Sunday triggered the start of two annual events: the playoffs, and the period when a wave of teams fire head coaches and general managers and start frenzied searches for their replacements. The league has little control over the outcomes of the games. But over the…
Elliott: NHL exec Chris Snow, who died after ALS battle, continues to inspire
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