Chris Long climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro with MMA fighter Justin Wren

Published: Feb 20, 2018 at 07:32 AM

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for February 20, 2018. This is The Extra Point.

1. This is the third time the Eagles DE has climbed the 19,341-foot mountain.

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LET’S GO!!! The momentum is building, we will begin ascending the worlds tallest free standing mountain ⛰ & 🌋 in 8 hours! I hope I can hit my goal by the time we get back in 7 days! That’s less than $10,000 to help the primary school we visited today to get clean water! Stoked to be on this adventure and mission with Chris Long! What impressed me most about @laflamablanca95 isn’t that he is a two time Super Bowl Champ with the Pats and the @philadelphiaeagles, but that he is about to summit #Kilimanjaro for the third time in his life. It’s the reason WHY he is doing it and the person that he IS that is so impressive. If you could help us hit this goal, we’d be so grateful and stoked to have you help us tackle thirst and knockout the water crisis! Check the link in my bio to join my team! If you decide to empower us by donating could you please select “no team,” then donate, then email Annemarie Schindler at annemarie@chrislongfoundation.com that it’s for my campaign... so I can make sure it gets accredited to my goal until we fix the website hopefully later today. Thanks for considering making a gift to this amazing cause and these awesome kiddos!

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2. There were plenty of ballers in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star weekend, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft was the biggest of them all.

3. That's Dr. Duvernay-Tardif to you.

Soon to officially be a doctor, Chiefs OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif wants M.D. on his jersey.https://t.co/lmQBpA8pHC
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) February 19, 2018

4. Eagles C Jason Kelce went to the Phillies' spring training to give the team a little added motivation for 2018.

#Eagles “Nobody likes us” parade legend Jason Kelce spoke to Phillies today in team meeting

Talked about Phillies being underdogs like Eagles and people counting Philly out 🔥🔥🔥#Phillies⚾️🌴☀️ pic.twitter.com/0F7lEIBRJf
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) February 19, 2018

5. Here's your heartwarming NFL story of the day.

Saints receiver Austin Carr saved a man's life with a bone marrow donation, and he met that man at the Super Bowl https://t.co/dbuJhVIAT2
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 20, 2018

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