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From a first-ever location in Salt Lake City, X Games showed up and showed out for its 30th anniversary celebration.

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Kazunari Ninomiya, a member of popular idol group Arashi, said he expects an apology from a now-dead show-business guru whose sex abuse scandal led to the demise of the group’s talent agency.