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Fast Break Week 22 column

By John Cregan
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, March 22, 2008

It's amazing how every urgent care office I've ever visited is linked by one characteristic: a distinct lack of urgency. You'll have to excuse me if this week' column comes off as somewhat nonsensical. I've got the flu. At least, I hope it's just the flu. I'm sitting here in some urgent care lobby waiting to confirm my self-diagnosis. And if anyone needed further evidence of the collapse of this country's health care system, look no further than here in Pasadena, California. For it was here w ...

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