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The Averaged American: thoughts during Igo’s talk A puzzle from Laurie Snell

Vin Scully is a Republican

Posted on January 26, 2007 6:21 PM by Andrew

From Sports Media Watch, via Can’t Stop the Bleeding. Kareem appears to be a Democrat, but he gave to Bill Bradley so maybe this doesn’t really count.

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