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Boston familiar with athletic heartache

Nightmare on Causeway Street drags Bruins Nation to depths of fandom

Updated: May 16, 2010, 1:28 AM ET
By Joe McDonald | ESPNBoston.com

BOSTON -- A day later, the nightmare on Causeway Street is still real.

It will be a recurring horror show for a long time, too. After trying to figure out exactly what went wrong for the Boston Bruins, and what went right for the Philadelphia Flyers, one thought came to mind: The agony the Bruins and their fans are feeling, and likely will feel until the Stanley Cup returns to Boston, is exactly what the Red Sox faithful felt for much of 86 years before the club finally broke its World ...

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