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Baltimore's dream is for black and blue

Spirits were dampened on a miserable night in Baltimore 23 years ago when a moving van took the Colts to Indianapolis. Spirits were dampened on a miserable night in Baltimore 23 years ago when a moving van took the Colts to Indianapolis. (LLOYD PEARSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
By Jim McCabe
Globe Staff / January 13, 2007

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To get purple, you mix blue with red, but the citizenry here never asked for such an exercise in science to color their football passion. (Full article: 1105 words)

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