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A great day, a perfect evening

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

SESTRIERE, Italy -- I'm reclining on a restaurant sundeck that overlooks the Italian Alps, a fur blanket protecting me from the late afternoon chill. The sun is sinking to my right, on its way to a sunset as spectacularly colored as a vintage Houston Astros jersey. I raise my glass of beer, take another sip and glance down to the slalom course below where Bode Miller is about to begin a run. This is sooooo much better than the Shea Stadium press box. I'm in the mountain resort village of Sestr ...

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