Basso gives Discovery team shot of confidence (The Oxford Press)

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AUSTIN, Texas — Ivan Basso wants to speak English, whether he's talking in deliberate sentences or using slang phrases. The 29-year-old Italian cycling superstar even desires to be corrected immediately if he says something like "more bad" instead of "worse."

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