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    For Club and Country

    By Andrea Canales

    Monday, April 24, 2006

    Few sporting events really take club teams onto a global stage, despite all the proclamations of "world champions". The World Baseball Classic doesn't count, because the players there are representing their countries. It's the same situation with Olympic basketball and even the World Cup. Basketball also has the added complication that stars in the most successful league in the world, the NBA, compete under a slightly different set of rules than the international game. No such obstacles exis ...

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