Timing is everything, and while changing planes in Charlotte I happened to spot this three-part Twitter report from Fox's Jay Glazer:

Just spoke w Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin, who said he's been cleared to play finally after months of tests for Lymphoma, type of cancer Maclin told me final test came back today after he got a scare on his bday May 11th. Had lymph nodes removed last week Told me he's totally fine and was a virus that has left his body and expects to return once he recovers from last week's procedure.

So now we know. And we know that it was a pretty serious scare, and that the smiles Maclin was wearing on the sidelines at Eagles camp while he watched his teammates practice were almost certainly nervous ones, designed to conceal real worry.

Reports out of Philadelphia indicate that the Eagles will release a statement tonight. I should be in the air when that happens, on my way to Dallas to see the Cowboys, but I wanted to make sure and get this out while I had the chance. Good job by Jay getting the interview (he says it'll be posted on FoxSports.com soon), and more importantly, what a relief for Maclin and his family. It sounds as if Eagles fans can look forward to having him back at some point, though I'm sure he and the team will be careful to give him all the time he needs to get into game shape.