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It's yet another megastar, this time soccer G.O.A.T. Lionel Messi, taking his talents to South Beach. In both basketball and hockey, squads from the Miami area and beyond have been punching well above their weight.
Upsets are the rule rather than the exception, Cinderella runs go way past midnight, and in general no team with a (1) next to its name wants to play anyone from a South Florida team these days.