Maclin displays toughness amid health scare  Jeremy Maclin did
not participate in any practices at Eagles training camp this
year. (Sarah J. Glover/Staff file photo) Posted: August 18, 2011
FOR JEREMY Maclin, the waiting and the uncertainty and the word
cancer combined to conjure up the kind of burden no kid should
have to carry. Anyone can empathize with Maclin's struggle the
last few months, and with the joy of a clean diagnosis he must
currently feel.  Few, though, understand the rest of it:
Maclin's quiet insistence on dignity and privacy as his medical
situation remained uncertain.  He is a celebrity, after all, a
wide receiver whose potential for stardom is as underrated as
the man himself is understated. A sharp guy who isn't a big fan
of stupid questions seeking him to state the obvious, Maclin is
a millionaire many times over as a result of his first NFL
contract. He, like most of his teammates, lives a splendid life.
The downside is minor, but it does exist. You can't buy some
embarrassing persona