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Memories of workouts leave former football players conflicted

August 19, 2008

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Two-a-day football practice season has commenced in Minnesota, and something deep in the soul of every old high school football player -- including Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith -- yearns to suit up and lope out on to the practice field once more.

But then reality sinks in.

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