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'Tis the season for stops and starts

By John Buccigross
ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

This is my final column here at ESPN.com. In 2008. I've been instructed to take a week off next week to enjoy the holidays, which for me means the World Junior Championship on NHL Network. So I thought this would be a good time to dredge my brain by looking back and looking forward, and to get ready for a fresh start in 2009. When I was a kid, I loved the turning of the calendar year. I lived for the year-end news and sports year-in-review shows, and I looked forward to a new year with a clean ...

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