Jared Purcell
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[email protected]. Lead reporter for local sports @MLive. @theoaklandpost alum. Proud coach for @berkleyxctf. @Cubs winning the World Series was transcendent.
Joined April 2013
‘Amazing Grace’ -- How a runner overcame a devastating injury to fulfill her Olympic dream @GraceStark56 @LakelandLHS
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@mentnelson Please tell me you sued them and won. You even entered the design into their contest. The nerve. .
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Nate Oats! Eleven years ago, I took this picture while he was leading the Romulus High School boys basketball program to an MHSAA Class A title. Today, he is heading to the Final Four as head coach of Alabama on a $7.55 million contract through the 2030 season. Unreal.
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Hall of Fame tight end Antonio Gates Sr. gets emotional while speaking about his son, Antonio Gates Jr., as he officially signs to play football at Michigan State. Great moment. @AntoniogatesJr1 @mwenzel2 @MSU_Football
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Four-star WR Antonio Gates Jr. getting photos with family and friends ahead of his signing ceremony in Detroit. He is making his commitment to Michigan State official. @AntoniogatesJr1 @mwenzel2 @MSU_Football
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Exactly one year and a month after losing a leg in a car accident, Sean English returned to the track for the final race of his senior year. Here is the race itself. Sean ran the 400. Congrats, @seanenglish24! It’s been an honor to follow you.
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Breslin Center closes momentarily before next HS semifinal game. Miles Bridges sticks around to shoot with a random kid.
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Dillon Tatum is a quality guy. Done with his first semester at MSU, he’s back home to volunteer at the league track meet hosted by West Bloomfield. He was a great 400 runner at WB. @PrimeTimeDill @wbhslakernation @wbhsTHESWAMP @therealepap @MSU_Football
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It’s a happy day for four-star DB Dillon Tatum as he celebrates his signing with Michigan State in a ceremony at West Bloomfield. The lifelong Spartan fan is now a full fledged Spartan Dawg. @PrimeTimeDill @MSU_Football @mwenzel2
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Congratulations to Detroit King’s 2020 offensive lineman @DeondreBuford56 on selecting Kentucky for his commitment. @DetKingFootball
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WHAT. A. FINISH. Novi’s Miles Brown holds off a charging Hobbs Kessler to give the Wildcats 1st place 4x800 over Ann Arbor Skyline by .035 seconds. Kessler ran a 1:47.91 final leg, closing a large gap. 54 sec range for first lap. @TheMilesBrownn @novitrackfield @arbor_men
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4-star WR Maliq Carr commits to Purdue for football and basketball @CarrMaliq @OakParkHighMI:
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Sean English ain’t just runnin’, he’s ballin’ 😎 Keep it up, @seanenglish24! @UDJStudentSect @UDJCubs
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Los Angeles Rams RB John Kelly goes from Oak Park high school to Super Bowl in 4 years @JKShuttlesworth @OakParkHighMI @DetroitPAL @CityofOakPark:
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Coronavirus tests for Michigan high school athletes has resulted in 99.6 percent negative results, state officials say
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Congrats to Donovan Peoples-Jones on being named the Michigan High School Football Player of the Year! @dpeoplesjones @MLiveSports
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Lifelong Michigan State fan Dillon Tatum lives the dream of signing with Spartans @PrimeTimeDill @MSU_Football @coach_grice @wbhsTHESWAMP @WBLakerFootball @therealepap @mwenzel2
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Josh Baker exits Southfield Christian basketball for NCAA job at Alabama @nate_oats @SCSeagles @WeAreSCEagles:
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I can’t even with these people complaining that Shaun White let the flag touch the ground. You realize he just won a gold medal FOR OUR COUNTRY. Laid all his talent on the line with an American flag patch on his arm and people want to call him disrespectful. Smh. .
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Congratulations to Detroit Martin Luther King 5-star quarterback Dante Moore on his commitment to play football at Oregon! @dantemoore05 @DetKingFootball
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Congrats to Detroit Martin Luther King’s Chansey Willis Jr. on being named the 2022 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball winner. Here’s part of his emotional speech. @chansey_willis2 @DetKingHoops
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FINAL: Detrot Martin Luther King 50, Detroit Cass Tech 48. Here is Jordan Whitford’s winning shot. @DetKingHoops @Jowhiit
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Miss Basketball award a memorable birthday present for Rickea Jackson @iamthathooper @DetroitEdisonGB @rickea5_jackson @gabbyy5_:
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Donovan Peoples-Jones posing for photos with Michigan High School Football Player of the Year trophy. @CTsportCoverage @Detroit_CTFB
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Newly minted Michigan State football signees Justin Bell and Di’Mari Malone celebrate with a ceremony after school. Teammates at Macomb Dakota and teammates for MSU. @DiMariMalone10 @justinbell0426 @DakotaFootball @MSU_Football @mwenzel2
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Congratulations to West Bloomfield’s Amir Herring on his commitment to the University of Michigan football program. Add the 4-star to the Wolverines’ 2023 recruiting class. @amirherring55 @WBHSLakerUpdate @wbhsTHESWAMP @WBLakerFootball @wbhslakernation
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Whoever is issuing threats to cause 60-plus schools to close, I hope you get caught and get hammered by the full force of the law.
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Kyren Cunningham's 18-yard TD grab to beat Muskegon @KyrenCunningham @Olakesection @OLSMFootball @OLSMUpdates
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7,410 is official attendance for @DetroitCityFC opener. Sold out and then some at Keyworth.
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5-star quarterback Dante Moore, who just committed to Oregon, said Michigan was "very close" to landing him in the end.
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Pretty cool that Detroit Lions players Marvin Jones and Devon Kennard showed up for the coin toss today for King vs. CC
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FINAL: Detroit U-D Jesuit 64, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 62. Here is the gam me winning basket by @UDJBasketball sophomore Sonny Wilson with 4.2 seconds left. Great effort by both teams in this one. @Sonny_wilson3 @UDJCubs
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GRACE STARK is back-to-back event champ. Just minutes after winning the 100 hurdles in record time of 13.16, she wins the 100 meter dash in 11.74 PR. She’s only a junior. @LHSeagle4sports @GraceStark18
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Rocket Watts has had some big, fun moments tonight at the @MittenClassic. He ends the 3rd quarter with a buzzer beater. @RocketWatts
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@TeamTodd_CEO @CoachReed314 @Stumpf_Brian This is quite possibly the worst response they could have written outside of defending the guy. Just awful.
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Congratulations to Detroit King's Dante Moore on being named MLive's 2022 Metro Detroit Offensive Player of the Year. @DetKingFootball @dantemoore05 @coachtspence
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Ruby Whitehorn being announced as the 2022 Mick McCabe Miss Basketball award winner @d1_ruby2. Former Edison Miss Basketball winners Rickea Jackson, Gabby Elliott and Damiya Hagemann joined Ruby for the ceremony. What a legacy for @DetroitEdisonGB
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Mistaken ‘prank call’ from Jim Harbaugh lands 2019 RB Abraham Jaafar a preferred walk-on offer @abetbehave @FordsonSection @Fordsontractors @TractorFootball:
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BREAKING: Northwestern WR commit Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen of Walled Lake Western now eligible to play football again @WLW_WarriorsFB @wlwarriortribe @WLWAthletics @WLWWARRIORS @abdurryaseen:
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Congrats to Donnie Corley, the 2015 Michigan High School Football Player of the Year! @Hit_Squad9 @DetKingFootball
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West Bloomfield linebacker Cornell Wheeler is the 2019 Metro Detroit Player of the Year for Defense @CWheeler__ @wbhsTHESWAMP @wbloomfieldschl @wbhslakernation @19Bellamy
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Very special thanks to @seanenglish24 and his family for letting me help tell their story: Sean English was born to run. Losing his leg will not stop him
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Congrats to CJ Baird on knocking down Michigan's final basket tonight from 3-pt range. From Detroit Catholic Central to U-M walk-on to getting floor time in the Sweet 16, it's great seeing kids from the Detroit area shine in The Dance. @baird_cj @DETROITCCAD @CCbballsquad
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Hobbs Kessler made a 4:16 1600 look easy. Heat and wind made the start of the race slow and steady. Of course, Kessler had no problem kicking it home for the title. He has the open 800 left today. @arbor_men
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Miss PSL: Christian Sanders of Detroit Renaissance. She’s only a junior. Mr. PSL: Darius Acuff of Detroit Cass Tech. The first sophomore to ever win the award. @LadyPhoenixBB @2024Sanders @tech_cass @DariusAcuff
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Berkley High School’s own Nolan Givan makes a catch for the Detroit Lions tonight! Berkley gets the mention on the broadcast too. #GoBears @BerkleyAthletic @BerkleyBearsFB @BerkleySchools @TheBearPack21
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I don’t know how this much miscommunication can be possible. How can the MDHHS set up this testing program with the MHSAA but be oblivious to their plans?.
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FINAL: PLYMOUTH 3, Troy 2. Plymouth wins 4-1 in PKs. Rivers Smyth clinches it! @PVSwildcats @PHSWildcats
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Central Michigan men's basketball is getting a good one here and I think many will agree. Congrats to @coach_niz on his new position. "Former Roseville and Macomb CC basketball coach Hassan Nizam joins CMU’s staff as assistant".
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Introducing the 2017 MLive Detroit Football Dream Team for offense @bry0e @ajabbott81 @Upcoming__jay @Eli_Collins2 @Just1n10 @ty_slazinski @MccallMarquan @TSamp_51 @Devontae_Dobbs @s_brown55 @NCarey2018 @jmoods13:
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Anderson's Issaic Allard walks at homecoming game after overcoming paralysis @Southgatetitans @sta_2017:
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@ritholtz @JuddLegum @CommunityNotes This is Twitter. He’s going to gain more followers for that than lose them.
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Detroit basketball coach says AAU does ‘disservice’ to recruitment process
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River Rouge football celebrating with its youth football teams is priceless. @RRougeSchools @RougeFootball
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Check out CJ Robinson's buzzer beater at the half. Clarkston leads GR Christian, 34-29. @ClarkstonBball @TheeJungle
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FINAL: Novi 75, Belleville 73. Traveon Maddox at the buzzer for the win for @NoviSports! @TraveonMaddoxJr
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5-star quarterback Dante Moore from Detroit King commits to Oregon @dantemoore05 @DetKingFootball
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Great moment before the Clarkston varsity game tonight as the Clarkston Unified and Seaholm special needs basketball teams get time to shine on the court before varsity warms up. Great support from the crowd. @CHSunifiedbball @ClarkstonBball @LearnAtCCS @CtownAthSec @TheeJungle
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Maybe Michigan can put together more than a two-game win streak in the NIT. Yikes.
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FINAL: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 42, Dearborn Fordson 7. The @CVBigReds celebrate its first region title since 2003. @ChippewaSports @cvhs_bigreds
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This River Rouge football championship celebration is NUTS!!! 😂 Gotta love it. @RRougeSchools @RougeFootball
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Michigan State WR commit Tre Mosley hoping to chase national title with fellow recruits @Tremosley7 @wbhsTHESWAMP:
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FINAL: West Bloomfield 65, Detroit Edison 62. West Bloomfield is the first Michigan team to beat Edison since January 2018. Fantastic effort by the Lakers. @wbgirlsbball @WBHSLakerUpdate @wbhslakernation @wbhsTHESWAMP
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West Bloomfield freshman Kamryn Tatum is already a force to be reckoned with. She won the D1 MHSAA titles in the 200 (24.10) and 400 (55.74). Here’s her win in the 200 and a brief chat after. @WBHSLakerUpdate @therealepap @thegovernor_1k @wbhsTHESWAMP
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Foster Loyer holding the Mr. Basketball trophy. Congrats @FosterLoyer and the @ClarkstonBball community!
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Grace Stark is state's best 100m hurdler ever, a 'once in a lifetime' talent @LHSeagle4sports @GraceStark18 @Lakeland_Track @LHS_Blue_Crew:
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Troy Athens wins the PK round, 5-4, to beat Rochester, 2-1. Heads to Division 1 title match @AthensSoccer
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They haven't been gone long but Donovan Peoples-Jones (@dpeoplesjones), Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) and Jourdan Lewis (@JourdanJD) all represent @Detroit_CTFB on the 25 greatest high school football players of all time from Metro Detroit:
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Holy. Cow. @FosterLoyer has a free-throw percentage of 95.7 through 20 games this season. How do you like that @Michigan_State fans?.
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FINAL 2OT: Detroit Martin Luther King 55, Detroit Cass Tech 51. @Jowhiit the hero for @DetKingHoops once again, finished with 18 points.
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ATTENTION ATHLETES: Cody White played FOUR sports in high school (football, basketball, baseball, track) and is declaring for the NFL draft. Specialization before college is not the only way. I always enjoyed interviewing Cody in his Walled Lake Western days and wish him the best.
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Congrats to Jaida Hampton of East Lansing on being named 2018 Mick McCabe Miss Basketball winner in Michigan. @jhampton015
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Meet the Detroit CHSL All-Catholic football selections for 2020
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Top recruits: 4-star defensive back Myles Rowser is ‘aggressive, quick’ and committed to Arkansas @MylesRowser @BHS_Sec1 @BHSTigersInfo
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FINAL: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 1, Grosse Pointe North 0. St. Mary’s survives a heck of a battle to claim the D1 title and claim the most wins in an MHSAA season with 44-0 record! 66 wins in a row. @OLSMBaseball @OLSMUpdates @ciarancaugheyy @jasen_oliver
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Meet the 2018 MLive Detroit Football Dream Team for defense
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Thankful for my grandma, who we lost last night after a 20-plus year battle with Alzheimer’s and a short battle with COVID.
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Rickea Jackson selected for Jordan Brand Classic all-star game, earns Gatorade POY again @iamthathooper @DetroitEdisonGB:
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The Rockford student section is out in force today at the Breslin Center for the girls basketball semifinal matchup between the Rams and West Bloomfield. @RockfordAD @RockGBB
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Audrey DaDamio did it! State titles in the 1600 (4:44.38), 800 (2:11.95) and 3200 (10:22.11). Heck of a day for the future Stanford runner as she adds to the impressive Seaholm legacy. @AudreyDadamio @TheMapleForest @seaholmTandF
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Donovan Peoples-Jones had his first NFL catch and TD on the same play today, winning the game for the Cleveland Browns. It looked A LOT like this game-winning TD catch in the 2016 Division 1 MHSAA semifinals. @dpeoplesjones @CTsportCoverage @ReportCass @casstechalumni.
With 24 seconds left Hall chucks the ball down the field and makes a flying catch by Donovan People - Jones. Making score 32-28 Cass Tech.
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Congratulations to Rockford’s Anna Wypych on being named the 2025 Mick McCabe Miss Basketball award winner! @anna0wypych @RockfordAD @RockGBB @Patrick_Nothaft
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Detroit U-D Jesuit standout Sonny Wilson is named Gatorade Michigan Boys Basketball Player of the Year @UDJBasketball @UDJHoopsCoach @UDJCubs @UDJStudentSect @Sonny_wilson3 .
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MLive's 2019-20 Metro Detroit Dream Team boys hoops.POY Lorne Bowman @TheRealLorneB.1st Team.Tyson Acuff @Acuff__Tyson.Legend Geeter @LegendGeeter4.Isaiah Jackson @IJackson22.Matt Nicholson @mtnicholso20.Ryan Rollins @_moneyballry.COY Steve Hall @tech_cass.
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Marcel Lewis the 2018 MLive Detroit Football Dream Team Player of the Year for defense @ChippewaSports @CVBigReds @CV_BigRedBacker @marcel1lewis @cvhs_bigreds @The @RowdyRedzone18:
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FINAL: Warren De La Salle 50, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 48. Triston Nichols with the put back to win it at the buzzer! @t_nichols30 @DLSPilots @dls_pilothangar @DLSBrozone @DeLaSalle_BB
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After returning from a trip that included a thrilling viewing of the eclipse, I'm excited to announce I am transitioning into the role of Lead Reporter with MLive's local sports team. I'm looking forward to helping plan, curate and coordinate coverage while also still reporting!.
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Emoni Bates switches jersey number to No. 24 for Monday’s game in honor of Kobe Bryant
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Congrats to Rickea Jackson (@iamthathooper) and Romeo Weems (@romeo_weems_0) on being named the MLive Detroit Players of the Year for Metro Detroit basketball @DetroitEdisonGB @RocketCountry
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