Significant updates and other stories on several fronts...

• This tennis thing is already exploding in a manner in which the entire sport may come unhinged.  Novak Djokovic is one of the main stars of the men's tennis tour.  If there's two guys with him (much less above), I'd be shocked.  Today, Djokovic, in Australia, has reported that he once, through intermediaries, was offered $200,000 to throw a match.  It was supposed to be a first-round upset in a match, and (probably as a result of the attempted fix) Djokovic, later, decided not to participate in the tournament at all.

Consider, this is THE #1 player in the world the last number of years -- maybe him and Nadal, occasionally Andy Murray.  And they've come to him to lose a first-round match for $200,000.  Now, consider a much lesser player.  A player grinding on the Tour, maybe reaching the occasional mid-level quarterfinal, usually out in the first week of the Slams.  If he gets offered $50,000 to throw a match...

• Interesting statement from the NFL:  That whole controversial coin-toss?  LEGAL!!!

The NFL stated on Sunday (article from CBS Sports) that the fact that the coin did not flip was in fact a legal coin toss.  The referee was not obligated to re-toss the coin, but invoked that a referee can do so if he feels the flip unfair.

This has led some people to believe that the game was actually preparing to be fixed for the Packers, and I can't see that argument not holding some water, given the nature that the original coin toss for overtime (like the one which counted) was won by Arizona, and the game soon afterward on a quick touchdown.

(For the record, I believe Arizona, as more "useful idiots" than Carolina, will upset Carolina and lose to Denver in San Francisco.)

• Speaking of Denver's opponents next Sunday...  Or, more, the announcing crew.  We may have another case of a major player who has brain damage.

Dan Fouts was doing color commentary on Saturday's early game between the Patriots and Chiefs.

Fouts, in calling a Tom Brady run toward the goal line, said Brady did not score because no part of Brady's body crossed into the goal line.

Dan, you should know better...  Obviously, it's the ball.

The thing is:  Was it intentional, a slip (I've had those!), or was it an indication that Dan Fouts, veteran of many of the league's violences, has taken a few too many shots to the head himself?