By Jason Wolf
News Sports Reporter
Brian Manley drove a rented silver Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon down Elmwood Avenue with Stefon Diggs in the passenger seat and the Buffalo Bills wide receiver’s wardrobe in the back one day this summer in between commercial shoots for Manley’s Buffalo-based company, Imagine Staffing.
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