{"id":41266,"date":"2016-05-02T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=41266"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T02:00:49","slug":"vikings-laquon-treadwell-makes-new-friends-learns-to-play-checkers-on-draft-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/vikings-laquon-treadwell-makes-new-friends-learns-to-play-checkers-on-draft-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings&#8217; Laquon Treadwell makes new friends, learns to play checkers on draft day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s=hannah+gebresilassie\">Hannah Gebresilassie<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">From visiting patients in the a.m. to getting drafted in the p.m., Laquon Treadwell had an &#8220;emotional rollercoaster&#8221; on draft day.<\/p>\n<p>Treadwell spent the morning visiting patients at Shriners Hospital for Children &#8211; Chicago on April 28. 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