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Colbert wins bet with Oshawa mayor over OHL game

ESPN.com news services

Saturday, January 27, 2007

SAGINAW, Mich. -- Call it "Colbert Day in Canada." That's what a 5-4 win for the Saginaw Spirit over the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League on Friday has earned Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's satirical news program "The Colbert Report." Colbert had made a bet with Oshawa mayor John Gray on the outcome of the game. If the Generals won, Colbert would don a team jersey during his show. If the Spirit won, Gray would have to declare March 20 -- also his birthday -- "Stephen Col ...

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