Before there was a self-aggrandizing, sack-accumulating attention monkey by the name of JJ Watt there was a guy by the name of Jared Allen. He retired today. According to Pro Football Reference he ends up tied for 9th with Julius Peppers at 136 official ‘downing of quarterbacks’. But of course there’s more (less, as it turns out) to his story. I distinctly recall a photo on the ‘nets showing him astride a dead grizzly but there appears to have been some scrub-a-dub action going on. The guy is an avid hunter and will kill any animal of your choice with the weapon of your choice. At the same time I came across something on SB Nation that said something to the effect that ‘he eats what he kills’. That certainly doesn’t fit the grizzly-killing narrative. Perhaps someone better at the Goog can find it.

Tonight THE NBA IS BACK! with all of three games [sound of air escaping balloon]. Although CHI/CLE and Spurs/ Clips as potential playoff matchups might be interesting… There’s plenty going on in the NHL as always-WASH/NYI, DET/PIT, SJ/FLA, LA/STL and BOS/NASH are all worthy of a looky-loo. The college ball has #14 Kentucky, #21 SMOO, # 6 Maryland and my upset special, 16-9 Whiscy against # 8 MSU. HAVE AT IT, CHARLATANS!