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Just to give you an idea of the random e-mails sports writers get during an average day, here's the best so far today, from some random PR outfit:

TEAM USA WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG FOOTBALL JUNIORS IN AMSTERDAM

Lelystad, Amsterdam, September 23, 2007 –- The world championship flag juniors international tournament held September 21-23, 2007 was hosted by the IFAF (International Federation of American Football). Mo Steel of JCC (Jewish Community Center) in North Miami Beach, reigning national champions, were asked to represent the United States in this first year tournament representing USA Football and the NFL. The competing teams were from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Finland, Spain, Japan and Italy. The teams were 15 and under, older and bigger than most of our team.

This was a very long day as we had to play all our games this morning and the other teams in our pool only had one game today as they had played most of their matches yesterday. The tournament committee was very gracious in accommodating us for Yom Kippur yesterday (all teammates are Jewish and fasted for Yom Kippur on Saturday). Fasting on Saturday however only made our boys hungrier for a victory!

The boys really took it to another level today as the offense could not be stopped. Our offense was stopped ONLY two times all day! We found out that unlike the NFL tournament, where the teams are "club teams", these teams were national teams composed of tryouts throughout their respective countries.

It's good to see the Jewish Community Center of Miami representin' for the U.S. in its own sport ... without getting tackled once! Those Austrians never knew what hit 'em. Of course, Yom Kippur only made them hungrier for victory. Gotta love PR prose.