Hello, Detroit! Ncaa Final Four Arrives in Motown

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"Let's face it, every state's been hit (with hard times) this year, but ours has been hit maybe as hard as anybody's," MSU Coach Tom Izzo said of his team's Final Four appearance in relation to the economical times in Detroit and Michigan. "Fm just hoping we're a silver lining in what's been a cloudy year for us. I'm hoping that we're the sunshine. I'm hoping we're something to embrace."

Never mind that Super Bowl XL in 2006 was a tremendous success, drawing rave reviews from the media which, beforehand, had predicted that a cold-weather city would bomb in hosting America's Game. [...] Louisville was the Big East champion, so few expected Michigan State, the Big Ten champion, to beat the Cardinals - especially following Louisville's 103-64 pasting of Arizona last Friday.

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Hello, Detroit! Ncaa Final Four Arrives in Motown

Hollywood has a way of spinning a story. In the make-believe world of La La Land, writers, producers and directors often take small ideas and turn them into feelgood tales.

When all is lost, there's no such thing as "can't" or "won't" If there's a tiny flicker of light, then the world will be saved.

On the silver screen, "dreams do come true."

Of course, in the...

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