{"id":57193,"date":"2025-08-04T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/57193\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:31:07","slug":"his-time-is-now-merrimacks-malik-edmead-is-ready-to-shine-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/57193\/","title":{"rendered":"His time is now: Merrimack&#8217;s Malik Edmead is ready to shine | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH ANDOVER \u2013 Malik Edmead is outlier. He has been a Merrimack College basketball player &#8230; box to wire.<\/p>\n<p>Each of his four years he has seen a top player win, have a great year, and follow the NIL money. Other guys, who didn\u2019t play as much as expected left, too.<\/p>\n<p>kAmt5&gt;625 \ud83d\ude00 5:776C6?E] w6 92D D66? 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