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THE MORNING ACCORDING TO US

By Brian Hiil and Paul Kix

Monday, June 9, 2008

Check the map up top and roll with this. We're all about blanket coverage here, so feel the warmth. Today brings us the news that bad performance can be punished with more than scorn. This one, we fear, may hit a little too close to home. Now Banned in Germany: Poor Play An entire soccer team was banned one year from Germany's lower pro league after the team lost a match 54-1. Officials in Cologne believe DJK Loewen II deliberately lost to Rheinkassel-Langel II so Rheinkassel-Langel II could ...

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