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Rockin' and chalkin' with The Links

By Bill Simmons
Page 2 columnist

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Before we hit The Links, let me give you four thoughts about Monday night's Kansas-Memphis game: 1. In my Chris Webber column two weeks ago, I mentioned the 1986 World Series and the concept of Microcosm Losses, when a team blows a championship because its fatal flaw ends up rearing its ugly head at the worst possible time. Sure, the fans of that team can look back and say, "We blew that game; we should have won it," but a fatal flaw is fatal for a reason. With the '86 Sox, it was an unreliable ...

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