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Since then teams like the Cleveland Browns, the Los Angeles Rams and the Houston Oilers have moved to new cities.
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John Grimsley, a nine-year NFL veteran who played most of his career with the Houston Oilers was 45, and Duerson was 50.
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Hand, who was drafted by NHL club the Edmonton Oilers in 1986, was named an MBE in 2004 for services to the sport.
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Culp was a defensive stalwart for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and '70s, and also played for the Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
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Over the next 17 years he had a succession of assistant coaching jobs, most notably with Syracuse, West Virginia and Ohio State, and with the NFL's Houston Oilers.
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Fleming spent 14 seasons in the NHL as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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One is another defensive tackle, Curley Culp, who made six Pro Bowls during his 14 seasons between 1968 and 1981 with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
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Inexplicably sporting a green Edmonton Oilers cap, the rapper announced his support for Clinton--a candidate who has gained perhaps as much infamy for her censorship campaigns as the rapper has for his glorification of violence and misogyny.
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That's how the Kraay family of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada gets down, as evidenced by the family's past 13 years of elaborate corn maze designs -- from a logo of the Edmonton Oilers to a 25th anniversary commemoration of Rick Hansen's "Man in Motion" tour.
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As for the NHL, the honor of best single-season team in NHL history goes to the 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings, a team that racked up 116 points (51 wins, 12 ties or overtime losses) in a league that was more balanced than it was during the mini-dynasties of the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers that stretched from 1976 to 1990.
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