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    0 starscarino99 | Shared With: Everyone - May 23 2009 | satire, economy, newspaper, hockey, sports
    Struggling newspaper asks team captain to cover hockey playoffs

    SATIRE - Immediately following an interview Wednesday with Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters handed their notepads, cameras, and press passes to the Penguins captain and asked him to cover the Eastern Conference Finals. "You'll be there already, right?" said sportswriter Dave Molinari, assuring Crosby he would receive the newspaper's standard $85 in compensation for each freelance article accepted. "It would save the paper a lot of time and money is all. Just remember to spell-check, because there's no real Sports editor anymore." - THE ONION

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