Blake Griffin broke his hand punching a Clippers equipment staffer (no, for real), and Peyton Manning indicates this may his “last rodeo”. Also, some SB50 linkage, a stump removal gone poorly, and much more here at the Wednesday Cheat Sheet…
Blake Griffin breaks hand… punching a Clippers equipment guy
Yesterday morning it was reported that Los Angeles Clippers star forward Blake Griffin suffered a broken right hand from an “undisclosed team-related incident“, and we all knew what that meant: he broke his hand punching someone or something.
Well it turns out it was a “someone” that Griffin punched, in a Clippers equipment staffer (lol):
The altercation started in a restaurant. It proceeded outside where Griffin hit the equipment staffer multiple times. #Clippers
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) January 26, 2016
pic.twitter.com/DCKYHjSgZs — Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) January 27, 2016
More, from ESPN.Com:
Sources previously told ESPN’s Michael Eaves that Griffin hit Matias Testi, the Clippers’ assistant equipment manager, on Saturday night in Toronto. The Clippers were in Toronto as part of a five-game road trip. They played the Raptors the day after the incident, losing 112-94. Sources told Eaves that Griffin and Testi were at a restaurant when they traded insults and got into an argument. Griffin hit Testi, who then left the restaurant and went outside. Griffin followed him outside and hit him again. Testi had visible injuries to his face, sources told Eaves. Both Griffin and Testi were sent home from the road trip after the incident. The two are good friends and had vacationed together, sources said.
Oh, and the Clippers tweeted this on Monday:
Promoted Tweet from yesterday looks like a disaster now @LAClippers pic.twitter.com/UW5vPAYqNo
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) January 26, 2016
Whoops! The broken hand is expected to keep Griffin out of game action for an additional four-to-six weeks (he was already out with a quad injury),
Peyton Manning to Bill Belichick: “This might be my last rodeo”
Given Peyton Manning’s age (40 in March), and his quality of play (very bad) this year, we’ve all been assuming odds are probably better than 50% that this may be his final NFL season. Based on what a TV camera caught him saying to Bill Belichick after the AFC Championship Game, it seems Peyton is feeling the same way:
Their 20th career showdown? Might’ve been the last. So Peyton met Belichick at midfield and… wow #NFLPlayoffs https://t.co/YvvkE6Wxyw — NFL (@NFL) January 26, 2016
So, SB50 may very well be the final game in the Hall of Fame career of Peyton Manning.
We’re 11 days away from Super Bowl 50
Counting down to SB50 with this daily (well M-F only, sorry) Cheat Sheet section featuring links related to the big game.
– Panthers All-Pro linebacker Thomas Davis already had surgery on his arm and still hopes to play in SB50.
– Somehow, Gary Kubiak is coaching Denver in the Super Bowl.
– Panthers set SB course by drafting Cam Newton, not Von Miller.
– The ultimate mismatch in SB50.
– I don’t have ESPN Insider, but if you do: ranking every NFL player in SB50.
– This one is actually not about a team in SB50, but rather a moron fan that got a tattoo about the Patriots winning SB50 before they lost to the Broncos.
Quick Hits
– So this is interesting and hardly surprising if true (let’s be honest, it may be more surprising if this didn’t happen): Shaquille O’Neal says LSU paid “very well”.
– Virginia capped off an insane comeback with a buzzer-beating three off the glass. Really, the stats showing the comeback probabilities are great.
– UFC 196 moves from PPV to FS1. This is simply because of injuries and a likely lesser product:
This year, the injuries suffered by UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and top contender Cain Velasquez less than two weeks before the event have forced the pay-per-view to be shifted over to cable and FS1, as first reported by Yahoo Sports.
– No. 7 Xavier takes down No. 10 Providence. Huge Big East win on the road for the Musketeers.
– At 27, Tyler Sash had the same level of CTE found in Junior Seau’s brain. Sad.
– Mizzou QB Maty Mauk suspended after video showing alleged cocaine use.
– MLB plans to play first regular-season games in London in 2017.
– Golden State and everybody else: The NBA Power Rankings. Pretty much.
– A Niagara Falls building has played Iowa’s fight song 500 times a day for six months.
– The MMA Ten: Rousey does SNL, Aldo would have Totes beat McGregor.
– Bills GM would absolutely consider taking QB early in draft.
– Swimmers narrowly avoid death by pelican.
– Pending world-record Tiger Shark caught, is 1,379 pounds of absolute terror.
– An artist sold a photo of a potato for $1.5 MILLION.
– Everything that will be coming to Netflix in February, and everything that will be leaving it.
– Mission Conan: Conan visits an American military base in Qatar.
One last breath of gratuitous procrastination
I’m no expert on removing stumps, but I do know that this wasn’t a good job of getting it done.
