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Looking for a ghost

By Wright Thompson
ESPN.com

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

ALCORN, Miss. -- Cardell Jones tended to the grill, looking out at the small lake behind his house. The former Alcorn State coach had nothing big planned for the Fourth of July. His wife came outside. She was silent for a moment, a pained look on her face. "I have something to tell you," she said. Just the night before, he'd dreamed about Steve McNair. It's hard to understand the bond between the two men if you hadn't lived through the madness of the McNair years at Alcorn State. Even 15 ...

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