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Meet Hull City: America's New Team, Albeit From Britain

By Jeff Bradley

Friday, February 6, 2009

The scene is familiar, but from what? Could it be? Yes, that's exactly what it is. It's the climactic scene from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It's five days before Christmas 2008 and a whole lot of people—in this case, fans of Hull City, a soccer team in the English Premier League—are having their holiday ruined. Playing the role of the Grinch is a team called Sunderland, which comes to Hull in a sour mood, languishing near the bottom in the EPL. Right now, they're ...

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