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Legacy

By by Alan Grant

Thursday, August 1, 2002

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- At 7:30 on Monday morning, as I circled the running track at Krause Field on the Notre Dame campus, it was already a humid 85 degrees -- too hot to think. But with the Fighting Irish set to open practice next week, and the Indianapolis Colts reporting on Thursday, I found myself thinking about training camp, a Notre Dame running back named Rodney Culver, and the power of hope. Common perception is that at the start of any football season, hope springs eternal. I always thou ...

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