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Five days on the road covering wheelchair basketball in Eugene, Ore., 14-hour days stacked one on top of the other, and I had finally — finally — earned the sacred right to sleep in.

My pillow and I had an understanding.

Then came a knock on my door so thunderous it could have registered on the Richter scale, followed by a voice I instantly........

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