Make some time for Michael Gehlken's tremendous story of how and why Chargers rookie D.J. Fluker, who first slept in a bed alone at 15, came to buy his family a house of their own. [San Diego Union-Tribune]

Darren Rovell reports, under the Outside the Lines banner, that Johnny Manziel "agreed to sign memorabilia in exchange for a five-figure flat fee" in January, and that the NCAA is investigating. [ESPN]