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Volume 23 No. 39
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A comeback for XFL, but can it win?

Financing, ability to exploit NFL soft spots will be key
By Daniel Kaplan and John Ourand, Staff Writers
January 29, 2018
Here comes Vince McMahon, confidently whistling past the football acronym graveyard. It’s a crowded plot, with well-known names like the XFL and USFL standing alongside lesser-known names like the UFL, AAFL and FXFL. They all tried and failed to launch a football league that resides in ...
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