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Punk band “Elway” says it’s being squeezed by its namesake

From MSNBC:

Punk band “Elway” says it’s being squeezed by its namesake

As we approach the launch of Memorial Day weekend and in turn a potential wasteland of NFL news, it’s time to start getting information from unlikely sources.

Like the punk rock equivalent of PFT.

In Colorado, an obscure punk band that has named itself “Elway” apparently has landed on the radar screen of Hall of Fame quarterback and Broncos V.P. of football operations John Elway.  The band Elway claims that the quarterback Elway has, via a lawyer, asked the band to change its name.

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