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T-shirts for tomorrow's big games hot sellers
Posted by Bob Condotta
One thing they don't do at the Olympics is miss a way to make a buck.
Today's trick is to take advantage of the anticipation for tomorrow's USA-Canada gold medal hockey game with T-shirts rushed into the shops here today at Canada Hockey Place celebrating the event. They go for $30, and when I asked a worker at the shop if they were selling, she shook her head furiously and said "oh, yes.''
Here's what they look like:
And, of course, I couldn't resist.
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