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Bird brings word to Sweden

By Marc J. Spears
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, September 12, 2003

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Ah yes, sports in Sweden. It's the home of tennis great Bjorn Borg. And the Swedes rank soccer first, hockey second and bandy, a game in which the skating is like hockey, strategy is like soccer and shooting is like golf, third. Basketball? After skiing, handball, racquetball, golf, cycling, roller blading, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, sailing and 10-pin bowling, basketball lands somewhere. So when Sweden landed the 2003 Eurobasket basketball tournament, many other ...

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