BC-FBN-POPPER-COLUMN:HK — sports (850 words)
As the young kids quietly sat at attention in a circle at midfield of Kean Alumni Field in Union, N.J., Eli Manning stepped in front of them in shorts and T-shirt, a Gatorade towel draped over his shoulders, and began to speak.
“My name is Eli Manning,” he said. “I play quarterback for the Giants.”
Maybe it was just a formality, but it was worth noting that Manning needed to introduce himself to kids, a 37-year-old still sticking around in a world of what have you done to get on a top 10 highlight list today.