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Tough times for hometown sports

By Mark Fainaru-Wada
ESPN

Sunday, June 21, 2009

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Some 900 miles due west of Wall Street is where life these days gets far too real, where the rubber truly meets the road. This is where the bankruptcy of General Motors is much more than a politically expedited plan in which rebirth is now the company's marketing mantra. Here, reality is the 3,000 people suddenly jobless and a 4.8-million-square foot automobile plant sitting dormant. And that's just the beginning. Or the end. The recent closure of the 90-year-old Janesvi ...

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