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Norway's secret to raising elite athletes

Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal sports columnist and co-author of "The Nation That Breaks Every Rule of U.S. Youth Sports and Built a World Cup Monster," joins Smerconish to explain why Norway, a country of just 5.5 million people, continues to produce world-class athletes like Erling Haaland.

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