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This Week in NDN All-Stars History – July 26 – August 1 · Sports History Network

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  Imagine, step inside Cooperstown for the first time.
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  Everywhere you look, baseball history surrounds you.
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  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson.
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  Then your eyes drift to another plaque.
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  Charles Chief Bender.
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  A few steps.
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  Johnny Bench, then Willie Starjo.
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  Three native athletes, three hall of Famers.
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  But hall of Fame careers aren't built in a single day.
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  They're built one game, one season, one remarkable moment at a time.
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  This week we're going back to see some of those moments happen.
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  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Bill Black and every week we travel back to discover how Native athletes helped shape the world of sports.
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  Because history isn't trapped behind museum glass, it comes alive.
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  Indian All Stars celebrates great Native American athletes from the past and the present, bringing these great All Stars back into the spotlight for new generations.
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  Now let's look back and find out what happened.
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  Here's what happened the week of July 26 through August 1 in Indian All Stars history.
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  On July 26, Johnny Bench, Choctaw is already one of baseball's brightest young stars when he steps into the batter's box against the St.
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  Louis Cardinals.
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  Waiting on the mound is hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton.
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  In the first inning, Bench crushes a three run home run.
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  An inning later, he connects again, this time for a two run shot.
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  Carlton still can't solve him.
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  By the fifth inning, Bench steps in once more.
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  Crack home run number three at the end.
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  End of the afternoon, Bench has driven in seven runs as Cincinnati rolls to a 125 victory, putting together one of the greatest offensive performances of his remarkable career.
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  Also on July 26th.
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  Now it's 2020.
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  Brandon Bailey Chickasaw gets the call for the Houston Astros against the Seattle Mariners.
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  Making the most of his opportunity, Bailey works one inning, allows two hits and keeps Seattle off the scoreboard.
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  Sometimes a single scoreless inning doesn't make national headlines, but reaching the major leagues is the realization of every kid's dream.
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  Our final stop on July 26th brings us to 2024.
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  Madison, Hammond, Navajo and San Felipe helps Angel City Football club earn a 20 victory over Bay Football Club.
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  Late in the match, her perfectly timed pass becomes the game winning assist.
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  When the final whistle sounds, Hammer is named player of the match.
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  Another milestone for one of professional soccer's native trailblazers.
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  Next up is July 27th.
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  The opening bell rings.
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  23 seconds later, it's over.
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  In 1918, Jack Dempsey, Cherokee, explodes across the ring and knocks out Fred Fulton at Harrison park in Harrison, New Jersey.
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  The devastating victory further establishes Dempsey as one of the the most feared heavyweights in Boxing and the championship opportunity waiting just around the corner suddenly feels inevitable.
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  But July 27 also marks the beginning of another legendary boxing journey.
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  It's 1931.
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  Henry Armstrong, Iroquois, climbs into the ring for the very first professional fight of his career.
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  His debut ends the hard way.
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  Al Lovino scores a knockout victory.
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  For many fighters, a loss like that might end the dream before it truly begins.
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  For Henry Armstrong, it's simply the first page of an extraordinary story.
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  By July 27th of 1937, Armstrong has become one of boxing's rising stars.
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  Facing former world champion Benny Bass, he delivers a dominant performance before ending the fight with a knockout 2 minutes and 35 seconds into the fourth round.
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  The victory becomes another important step forward in one of the greatest careers boxing has has ever seen.
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  Then, in 1946, Rudy York, Cherokee, puts on a power display that baseball fans have rarely witnessed.
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  With the bases loaded, he launches a grand slam.
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  Later in the game, once again, the bases are loaded.
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  York does it again.
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  A second grand slam.
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  The New York Times calls it an old fashioned slugging bee.
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  As the Boston Red Sox pound the St.
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  Louis Browns 13 to 6.
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  York becomes only the second player in major league history to hit two grand slams in the same game.
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  As July 27 continues, it's 1953.
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  Charles Chief Bender Ojibwe officially joins baseball immortality as he is inducted into the National Baseball hall of Fame.
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  The brilliant pitcher who helped build Connie Mac's Philadelphia Athletics dynasty finally receives the game's highest honor, a bronze plaque in Cooperstown.
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  Before July 27 comes to a close, it's 1983.
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  Terry Felix of the Chehalis First Nation scores the first professional goal of his career, helping the Vancouver Whitecaps Defeat Team America 2 0.
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  It's another reminder that Native athletes continue making history on every field of play.
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  Let's move on to July 28.
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  Often, heavyweight boxing is a game of big knockouts.
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  Sometimes it's a game of survival.
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  It's 1994.
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  Tommy Morrison, Ponca and Otto squares off with Ross Purity in a scheduled 10 round heavyweight bout.
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  Morrison is known for explosive punching power.
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  Purity refuses to go away.
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  Round after round, both men battle through the full 10 rounds until the judges declare the contest a draw.
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  While neither fighter leaves with a victory, the bout reminds boxing fans that not every memorable night ends with someone's hand raised.
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  Sometimes simply going the distance tells its own story.
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  Our final stop on July 28 brings us to 2020.
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  When Ethan Behr, Cree of the Ochihuapis Nation, skates onto the ice.
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  Fans notice something different across the back of his Edmonton Oilers jersey, his name appears in Cree syllabics.
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  It's a simple change, just a name.
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  Yet for countless indigenous hockey fans, it means far more.
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  One of their own is proudly carrying his language onto the biggest stage in professional hockey.
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  A powerful reminder that culture and sport can skate side by side.
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  Moving on to July 29th.
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  It's 1907.
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  Most runners would think twice before racing a relay team alone in a five mile race.
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  Tom Longboat, the legendary Onondaga long distance runner, takes on three relay runners who can stay fresh by passing the effort from one teammate to the next.
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  Longboat has no one to relieve him.
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  Every stride is his alone.
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  Mile after mile, he refuses to fade when he crosses the finish line first.
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  He hasn't simply beaten beaten the relay team.
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  He has also broken the Canadian record for the five mile distance.
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  It's another remarkable performance from the man who is quickly becoming one of the greatest distance runners in the world.
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  Then in 1933, Henry Armstrong, Iroquois is still climbing the professional boxing ladder.
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  Facing Benny Pels in a four round bout, Armstrong boxes his way to a victory on points.
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  It isn't one of the spectacular knockouts that will later define his career, but every win adds another brick to the foundation of a Future champion.
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  Before July 29 comes to a close, it's 1945.
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  Bob Johnson Cherokee, enjoys one of the finest games of his outstanding major league career.
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  He goes 4 for 4.
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  Two of those hits are doubles.
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  Boston defeats Washington 8 4.
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  Hidden inside that remarkable afternoon is another milestone.
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  Bob Johnson has career hit number 2000.
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  As July 30th arrives, it's 1934.
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  Joe Louis Cherokee steps into the ring against Larry Udell.
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  Lewis wastes little time taking control of the fight.
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  The pressure builds until the referee steps in during the second round, awarding Lewis a technical knockout victory.
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  Another impressive win.
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  Another step in the rise of a young heavyweight who is rapidly becoming one of boxing's most dangerous fighters.
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  Later on July 30, it's 2004.
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  A lifelong dream comes true for TJ Oshe Ojibwe at the National Hockey League Draft.
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  The St.
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  Louis Blues select Oshie with the 24th overall pick.
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  For every young hockey player, hearing your name called is unforgettable.
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  This is the beginning of his standout NHL career as a clutch, hard nose forward, winning the 2018 Stanley cup with the Washington Capitals and becoming an American hockey icon after his unforgettable shootout heroics at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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  The next year, on July 30, it's 2005 a another future hockey star hears his name announced.
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  Carey Price Dacko is selected in the first round of the National Hockey League draft by the Montreal Canadiens.
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  The Canadiens believe they have found their goaltender of the future Time and Price's exceptional play proves them right.
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  Next up is July 31st.
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  It's 1931.
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  Just four days after suffering a knockout loss in his professional debut, Henry Armstrong, Iroquois, climbs back into the ring.
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  This time the outcome is different.
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  After six rounds, Armstrong earns a decision over Sammy Burns.
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  It's the first professional victory of a career that will eventually rank among boxing's greatest.
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  Let's jump forward to 1966 Chuck Norris.
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  Cherokee faces skipper Mullins at Ed Parker's Internationals in Long Beach, California, the most prestigious karate tournament in the United States at the time.
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  When the match is over, Norris has defeated Mullins to capture the middleweight title in karate.
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  It is another milestone in the remarkable competitive career that establishes him as one of America's premier martial artists.
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  Then in 1988, Willie Stargell Seminole receives baseball's highest honor.
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  He is inducted into the National Baseball hall of Fame.
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  The the powerful slugger known as Pops takes his place among the game's immortals, joining fellow native great Charles Chief Bender in Cooperstown.
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  As July 31st comes to a close, it's 2021.
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  Nielsen Paulus Oneta charges toward the finish of the 230 kilometer Classica San Sebastian, the most important one day cycling race in the Basque country and in in Spain.
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  In a dramatic sprint, he edges Mites Mahoric and Mikel Honore by half a wheel length.
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  The thrilling victory is the first professional win of Palace's cycling career.
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  Now we arrive at August 1st.
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  It's 1917.
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  Jack Dempsey Cherokee gets another chance to face Al Norton.
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  Their previous meeting had ended in a draw.
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  This time Dempsey leaves no no doubt.
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  He stops Norton with a first round knockout in Emeryville, California, earning decisive revenge and continuing his climb toward the heavyweight championship.
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  Later in 1951, Joe Louis returns to the ring facing Cesar Brian Lewis boxes his way through 10 rounds and earns a unanimous decision victory.
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  It is another successful chapter in the extraordinary career of one of boxing's great greatest champions.
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  Next up in 1979, Marvin Campbell, Salish and Kootenai squares off against Macafoli.
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  Camel quickly takes command of the bout.
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  Just 1 minute and 52 seconds into the second round, the referee stops the fight, giving Camel a technical knockout victory.
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  And finally it's 1981.
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  Jim Plunkett Cherokee appears on the COVID of Sport magazine for Native sports fans across the country, seeing one of their own featured on the COVID of a national sports publication is another reminder that Native athletes continue to leave
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  their mark at the highest levels of competition.
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  If you enjoyed today's look back, I invite you to visit IndianAllStars.com where you'll find more athlete stories, blog articles, videos, podcast episodes, and exclusive merchandise celebrating great Native American athletes from the past and the present.
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  I hope you'll join me again next week as we bring more great Native athletes back into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is Indian All Stars.