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Old 05-06-2011, 04:33 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by AssMan View Post
Must have been dreadful to be at an American game right after they killed Bin Laden when they did one of those stupid "tribute to the troops" where they give a soldier and his family free tickets and show them on the scoreboard during a timeout. I imagine it was at least a five minute ovation.
Not sure about in hockey and basketball but MLB usually holds it Military Appreciation Night every May 2nd and it just happened to coincide with Bin Laden getting killed the day before.
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