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Rival sports bars: All stripes, all over town

Strange people, cheering for strange teams, have invaded 39 metro-area establishments. After working the phones, and doing a little on-site investigating, we discovered 33 "foreign" teams have fan gatherings -- in our favorite sports bars no less. Search our exhaustive (and hoppy) research by clicking on any team logo below.

By Brian Stensaas , Jason Gonzalez and Illustrations by Kevin Cannon

September 10, 2015 — 3:35pm

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