Instead, he emailed Boston radio station WEEI and pledged $50,000 to the annual Jimmy Fund telethon for cancer research before heading out to join Patriots practice.
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The quarterback skipped practice Tuesday to attend settlement talks but was back with the team Wednesday for a joint workout with the Saints at The Greenbrier in West Virginia.
The Jimmy Fund is a Boston institution, funding the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 1948, and the city’s high-profile athletes have a long history of participating in its various fundraisers.
