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- ↑ Justice Feelgood Marshall, "Charm City Championship Doubleheader Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine ", Derby News Network , October 29, 2008
- ↑ Alex Cohen and Jennifer Barbee, Down and Derby, p.226
- ↑ "Harm City Homicide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine ", Sportsvite
- ↑ Justice Feelgood Marshall, "New York Wins First MDC Championship Match Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine ", Derby News Network , October 20, 2010
- ↑ Christopher Peak, "Derby Dreams", The New Journal , April 22, 2013
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