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Referee's Tort Claims Stuffed by Appeals Court
As evidenced by the packed arenas, face-painted fans, pep bands
and post-game shouts (or laments) on sports talk radio, college
basketball fandom can be a serious game. Now, multiply that
sentiment times ten when considering how rabid the local fans and
alums in the "Big Blue Nation" are for University of
Kentucky basketball. Similarly, but with perhaps less fanfare, the
federal courts