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Reality of Pata's death hits Canes hard

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Saturday, November 11, 2006

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Even after Miami's week of hell, in which the Hurricanes' grieved the murder of popular defensive lineman Bryan Pata and then lost the otherwise meaningless football game it had dedicated to him, linebacker Jon Beason knew things were about to get worse. On Monday, Miami's players and coaches will see Pata's body for the first time since he was gunned down Tuesday night in a parking lot outside his apartment. The following day, they'll attend his funeral at a North Miami c ...

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