The old Hurricane Frank Gore always trained back in Miami, back home, during NFL offseasons, and it was during the spring of 2015, working out with new Dolphins draftee Bobby McCain, when Gore first said aloud what might have always been tucked deep in his heart and mind.
“I told him I’m going to finish here, not knowing if it would come true or not,” Gore recalled Monday, face glistening with sweat following the fifth practice of Dolphins training camp. “I’m happy it did.”
Thirty-nine former Canes have played for the Dolphins in the franchise’s 53 seasons, but none of the homecomings has felt more full circle, more right, than Gore’s.