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Dolphins CB Brent Grimes kept out of the Eagles game by food poisoning

We all know the story, on On June 11, 1997, the legendary Michael Jordan stepped up and fought past his flu-like symptoms to help his Chicago Bulls break a tie against the Utah Jazz. It was a spectacle that's now turned into a cliche in sports whenever it's revealed that a player is ill and refuses to back down.

But Brent Grimes wasn't able to get past whatever he ate the night before the Eagles game.

When it was reported that the Dolphins Pro Bowl cornerback was going to be inactive against the Eagles, speculation ran rampant as to why.