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- KFSN – Fresno
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- Reuters
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- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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- NBC Sports Chicago
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- Yahoo Lifestyle SEA
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- Rolling Stone
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- Cosmopolitan
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- LA Times
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- The Daily Beast
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- Business Insider
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- The Wrap
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- NBC Sports
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- Variety
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- HuffPost
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- FTW Outdoors
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- Longhorns Wire
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