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The state of Minnesota has been in a sports slump for quite sometime. So when the Minnesota Fighting Ticks, the state's firstprofessional ice-fishing team, won the international championshipin a heated overtime fish-out, the story made headlines.
One minor detail: The team, the championship and the entireice-fishing league don't really exist.
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