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Another of our teams is whisked off the Island

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July 20

Newsday

columnist Shaun Powell

This is nothing like the Baltimore Colts, who sneaked out of town in the middle of the night, but the moving vans are coming this way, anyway. They'll line up outside Weeb Ewbank Hall and form a caravan that will snake its way over the George Washington Bridge, into New Jersey to a place called Flor.ham Park, not to be confused with Floral Park. Yep, pretty soon, the Jets will wake up and realize they're not in Hempstead anymore. Nor Long Island, for that matter, the place they've called home through many decades and two leagues. They began holding training camp on the Hofstra campus in 1968, the year of the Guarantee, and will cease permanently in a few weeks. Everything's moving to Jersey: helmets, desks, secretaries, Super Bowl trophy and any old Matt Snell jerseys that might be hanging around the attic. And once again, the Island will not only lose the Jets, but part of an identity, as well.

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