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Sports Curses and the World Series

3 Nov, 2021

Untimely injuries, bad officiating, and inexplicable loses give the impression that there really are sports curses. The Braves try to break through their own to win the World Series. The NFL sees a lot of movement as the trade deadline see major injuries around the league. TCU fires program builder Gary Patterson as the first college football playoff rankings of the year is released.

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