Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
I don’t care what they say. I don’t care what the helmets and uniforms look like. Unless the arena football team in Albany gains re-admission to the Arena Football League, stocks its roster with players the caliber of Eddie Brown, Mike Pawlawski and Mark Valvo, starts playing games on national TV and challenges for a championship, these are not the Albany Firebirds....
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