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The Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals all escaped NFL-mandated local TV blackouts for weekend playoff games by selling out their home stadiums. Indianapolis and Cincinnati after the teams were given deadline extensions to sell out their games. While sports playoff tickets can be among the hottest items for sale, in frigid Green Bay, the Packers were literally giving them away to avoid the possible local TV blackout of Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers. More than 200 free tickets were made available by the team for distribution among military families, and 50 tickets were given to Green Bay Southwest High School for a special drawing, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Friday.
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