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Celtic Mourn Tommy Burns' Death

11:38 PM ET 05.15

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Tommy Burns (1956-2008) Celtic first team coach Tommy Burns died late Wednesday night (early Thursday morning in Glasgow). He was 51 years old. Tommy, who's current run with Celtic began in 2005, died of complications of cancer that was first diagnosed in 2006. Though it had seemed he would last, it was revealed that he still had cancer in March. Tommy had been treated in the top cancer treatment centers in Glasgow and France but died early in the morning.Word of Tommy's death paralyzed the Celtic football community and shocked Scotland as a whole, as Tommy was not only a…

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Hoops Win, But Gers Close In

12:32 AM ET 05.13

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On Sunday, Celtic won again in their final home game of the season against Hibernian by a comfortable score of 2-0.Celtic needed another win to continue their run for the SPL trophy, as Rangers won contreversially over Dundee United the day before.Goals for Celtic came from Stephen McManus in the 36th and Scott McDonald in the 87th.Hibernian ended the game with only nine men on the pitch, as Martin Canning and Ian McMurray were both sent off during the second half.Hibernian looked to score first in the game, and before McManus' opener it looked as though Hibernian were the better…

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From Russia With Love

12:39 AM ET 05.11

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Though I've never been particularly... envious... of the Russians, I had to make an exception for this.This is probably the first time I've ever been completely and utterly absorbed in the Champions League action, and I yearned to get a piece of it firsthand.However, with some experts expecting the pricetag on the trip to Moscow adding up to $3,000 and change (and that's with the flight departing from England), seeing the Champions League final with my own two eyes seemed more of a daydream than a possibility.With that in mind, I had to put silly ambitions behind me…

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