Just days after stepping away from a celebrated 31-year run at Fox Sports, Jimmy Johnson wasn’t settling into a quiet retirement. Instead, the 82-year-old icon stood surrounded by a who’s who of Hurricanes royalty, Michael Irvin, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Devin Hester, and Jim Kelly, among them, poised to reignite a community one more time.

With a familiar glint in his eye, Johnson turned the siren, thrust his thumbs high, and for a moment, it was 1987 all over again. A celebration of the program’s 100th anniversary and the return of its king. Johnson was standing in the heart of Hard Rock Stadium, doing what he does best: As the announcer at the Miller Ale House put it, he got the whole crowd “all fired up.” Ross Delenger tweeted, It was a “ bowl of Orange soup…. 80 degrees with 90% h

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