- (5:31pm) Speaking of Nate Ebner, have you read S.I.’s story about his incredible journey to the NFL? * * *
- (5:27pm) c/o Kaplan’s Korner: though the Patriots’ Julian Edelman has Jewish lineage, he was raised Christian. But special-teams guy Nate Ebner is Jewish * * *
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