Fired up to winning level: All-Star game alums get L.I. players going and it translates to win.

Publication: Newsday (Melville, NY)

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Byline: Jason Molinet

Jun. 30--All it took to dissipate the tension in the locker room in the moments before kickoff of the Outback Steakhouse Empire Challenge last night were encouraging words by some famous faces. The 11th edition of the charity all-star football game to benefit cystic fibrosis and youth football has produced its share of NFL players, and for most of them, the Empire Challenge marked their first taste of major competition.

So when former L.I. standouts...

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