Ray Rice fans gather to watch hometown hero at New Rochelle restaurant

Originally published: February 3, 2013 6:59 PM
Updated: February 3, 2013 7:06 PM
By RYAN CHATELAIN rchatelain@cablevision.com

Photo credit: Caylena Cahill | Family and friends of Ray Rice cheer him on at a New Rochelle restaurant while watching the Super Bowl. (Feb. 3, 2013)

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The eyes of New Rochelle's Ray Rice partisans were riveted to the TV screens at an Applebee's on Sunday evening as the Baltimore Ravens running back bounded onto the biggest stage in the world of sports -- the Super Bowl.

"It feels great just knowing that -- wow -- he made it," said Nas Sinkfield, a 17-year-old quarterback on the New Rochelle High School team that Rice once led. "It shows...

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