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Hollinger's Gems: April 23, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 23, 2009

1. OK, let's talk about the hawk. I've lived in Atlanta the past eight years and been to a ton of Hawks games, and I've always found it a little unsettling that they bring a live bird of prey into a building with 15,000 people. (OK, 6,000 people on a lot of nights ... but still.) The team has "Spirit" the hawk fly from one side of the arena to the other during player introductions, but through the years we've seen Spirit (an actual hawk from Zoo Atlanta) deviate from the plan on several oc ...

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