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Ashton (left), 7, and Riley Gresty of Edgewater, Md., get pumped up by "The Red Men" outside the Verizon Center before the first Washington Capitals playoff game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Eric Mitchell (left) and "The Red Men" high-five Washington Capitals fans outside the Verizon Center before the playoff game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mandy Dalton (left) dances for the crowd in front of the Verizon Center before a Washington Capitals playoff game against the New York Rangers in Washington on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Texas Open defending champion Adam Scott talks with the media during a news conference at the Texas Open golf tournament, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in San Antonio. The tournament begins Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Fans in Caps uniforms walk in front of the Verizon Center as the pep band from Freedom High School in Woodbridge, Va., plays before a playoff game between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers in Washington on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Freedom High School drum major Caleb Wesley from Woodbridge, Va., pumps up his pep band as they perform before a Capitals playoff game against the New York Rangers in Washington on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals fans Josh Warrick (left) of Burke, Va., and Will Rodriguez of Arlington, Va., hang out at Redline on G Street Northwest across from the Verizon Center before the first playoff game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A pedestrian shields themselves from the rain with an umbrella as they walk past a statue of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Willie Stargell outside the left field gate of PNC Park after the baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed due to rain, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Former baseball player Carlos Delgado, of Puerto Rico, speaks to journalists after announcing his retirement in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday April 13, 2011. The two-time All-Star played 17 major league seasons, finishing with 473 home runs and a .280 batting average. He played for the Blue Jays from 1993-2004, went to the Florida Marlins for a season and finished out his career with the Mets from 2006-2009. Delgado stopped playing in the majors in May 2009 and had two hip surgeries in nine months. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

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Former baseball player Carlos Delgado, of Puerto Rico, and his son Carlos Antonio laugh during a press conference where Delgado announced his retirement in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday April 13, 2011. The two-time All-Star played 17 major league seasons, finishing with 473 home runs and a .280 batting average. He played for the Blue Jays from 1993-2004, went to the Florida Marlins for a season and finished out his career with the Mets from 2006-2009. Delgado stopped playing in the majors in May 2009 and had two hip surgeries in nine months. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

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Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton sits in the dugout with his right arm in a sling during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The Rangers put Hamilton on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday after breaking his upper right arm on a headfirst dive into home plate the day before against the the Tigers. He is expected to miss six to eight weeks. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Fan Lisa McKee waits to enter the arena in front of images of current Sacramento Kings players before an NBA basketball game between the Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson talks to reporters about the Sacramento Kings possible move to Anaheim, before the Kings played the Lakers in an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The Maloof family, majority owners of the Kings, are expected to go to New York later this week to ask the NBA permission to move the team to Anaheim. Johnson, a former NBA All-Star point guard for the Phoenix Suns, plans to meet with NBA officials in New York to discuss keeping the Kings in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Ryan Hollins, second from left, and Detroit Pistons' Charlie Villanueva scuffle as, from left, Pistons' Rodney Stuckey, Cavaliers' J.J. Hickson (21) and Pistons' Greg Monroe (10) try to separate them in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 11, 2011, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard (12) shoots over Philadelphia 76ers' Elton Brand in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 11, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Magic won 95-85. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

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Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth, from the Czech Republic, keeps his eye on the puck in the second period of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series with the New York Rangers, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Capitals Mike Green (52), Brooks Laich (21) and Nicklas Backstrom (19), from Sweden, celebrate the game-winning goal by Alexander Semin, top right, from Russia, in the overtime period of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series with the New York Rangers, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. The Capitals won 2-1.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher John Lannan throws during the first inning of a baseball game against Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Washington Capitals' Alexander Semin (28) and Alex Ovechkin (8), both from Russia, celebrate Ovechkin's goal in the third period of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series with the New York Rangers, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche, right, fights for a loose ball with Cleveland Cavaliers' J.J. Hickson in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)