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2. I remember Jim MCKay mentioning that this had already happened

Reply to catbyte (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 08:39 PM

Mar 2021

It was tape delayed for prime time. As it built my brother and I were on the fort of mom’s bed. “Is this really going to happen?!?!” we kept asking. We knew about as much about hockey as we did about cricket.

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I remember Jim MCKay mentioning that this had already happened underpants Mar 2021 #2

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