Eric Ebron: What it's like to have a baby in the middle of an NFL playoff run

Posted Jan 11, 2019
The call came on his drive home from practice, two days before the playoff opener, two weeks before the due date. “Can you come now?” his 38-weeks pregnant wife begged. “Right now,” she said. When your wife is 38 weeks pregnant, you listen. So Eric Ebron’s trip home from the Colts’ practice facility last Thursday turned into a U-turn bound for the airport. (Indianapolis Star)

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