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PARKLAND, Fla. — The evening crowd at Starbucks has begun to thin as Rod Mack, a former linebacker at Miami, thumbs through his phone to scan thousands of photos and videos preserving the memories of a football team that defined a generation. Between sips of his strawberry acai lemonade — "My guilty pleasure," he calls it — Mack finally unearths the clip he's been searching for: a cinematic entrance plucked from a noteworthy YouTube channel that, on Aug. 3, 2019, decided to broadcast the Miami Gardens Ravens live for the first time. He presses play and turns the screen toward his guest.
