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The house that Jesse built

By Carrie Sheinberg
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

U.S. Ski team coach Jesse Hunt shook his head as he watched his racers make their way down the course in front of him. The only spectators were coaches and a few parents, who milled about in the finish area. They were stuck deep in the practically pressure-free bush leagues and yet, Hunt's racers still could not best the field. "I want to know why our guys can't ski [giant slalom]," Hunt muttered to nobody in particular while standing on that Canadian hillside in slushy spring snow. "It doe ...

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