Education

A Raven all his own

A Raven all his own

A couple of months ago, Travis Justice wouldn't have dreamed that he would be riding in a limousine and spending most of the school day with Baltimore Ravens star Todd Heap. The 10-year-old fifth-grader at Elkridge Elementary School entered the NFL's Take a Player to School contest on a whim. He's glad he did. After picking Travis up from his home in Elkridge, Heap spent more than three hours at the school Tuesday.

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