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RUSTON, La. — It’s pitch dark outside around 3:30 a.m. when Karl Malone awakes to turn on the coffee pot.
He slips on his hunting gear and heads out to the backwoods of northern Louisiana.
More than 1,500 miles away from downtown Salt Lake City, where an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of him stands, “The Mailman” is trying to beat daylight while hunting buck deer on his private property.
As Malone takes the half-mile walk to his stand, his mind is clear. He sticks around until roughly 10 a.m. trying to bag the same deer he’s been after for at least two years. He then leaves for "Malone Town" and his business obligations.
This is how the 55-year-old former NBA MVP now spends most mornings.
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