Donald Driver

 Donald Driver took home the coveted mirror ball trophy Tuesday night on “Dancing With the Stars.” The victory was a bit of a surprise, with runner-up Katherine Jenkins and third-place finisher William Levy performing well with their partners throughout the season. The decision seemed to come down to the wire, says Emily Yhar of TV Column. 

Buccaneers sign LeGrand

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers new head coach Greg Schiano signed former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand to their 90 man roster. Schiano was his head coach when he played at Rutgers. LeGrand suffered a career ending injury during a game in 2010 and is now paralyzed.LeGrand suffered to fractured vertebrae and serious damage to his spinal cord.  It was always a dream of his to play in the NFL, retire and become a sportscaster and coach Schiano is making part of his dream come true. The Buccaneers will send him a helmet, jersey, and a contract to sign. The contract is merely symbolic so they wont be paying LeGrand. Eric LeGrand vows that one day he will walk again.

Drinking Hand Sanitizer

This week 6 teens in California were sent to the emergency room with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk. It doesn't sound appealing, but you have to remember that kids don't have access to alcohol so they're very creative," says Dr. Billy Mallon who works at the emergency room where the kids were taken in Los Angeles. It may sound dumb but doctors say that is  very dangerous because hand sanitizer is so inexpensive  and accessible and instructions for distillation can be found on the internet. Liquid hand sanitizer is 62% ethyl alcohol and makes a 120-proof liquid.

With the Denver Broncos signing the biggest free agent prize Peyton Manning, Tebow Time has ended in Denver. The Broncos traded Tebow to the New York Jets for a fourth and sixth round pick in this years draft. Although Tebow only completed 50% or less of his passes he still had a 7-4 record as a starter and lead the Broncos to the playoffs. The Broncos decided to go with 4 time MVP Peyton Manning over Tebow. He will take Tebow Time to New York where he will probably used in some kind of wildcat offence.

Colts Release Manning

The Indianapolis Colts have released quarterback Peyton Manning today, a day before he was set to receive a $28 million bonus. Manning was drafted first overall by the Colts in 1998 and since then has made the Colts a great football team. In his career Manning has thrown for more than 50,000 yards and thrown 399 touchdown passes. He also had 227 consecutive starts including the playoffs and helped the Colts tie the record for most consecutive playoff appearances with 9. Manning also took the colts to 2 Super Bowls, beating the bears in 2007 and losing to the Saints in 2009. Manning missed all of this past season with a neck injury  that required him to get multiple surgeries. Without him the colts had a 2-14 record and now will have the first overall pick in this years draft. Peyton has been cleared by doctors to play and with free agency starting next week many team will probably take a look at him.

Rodgers Wins MVP

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won the NFL's MVP award this weekend. Rodgers won 48 of the 50 votes, Saints QB Drew Brees got the other 2 votes. Rodgers is the first Packers to win it since Brett Favre, and the 5th packer ever to win. The other Green Bay winners were Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Paul Hornung.  He finished the season with a 122.5 QB rating which is an NFL record. Rodgers also threw 45 touchdowns and only six interceptions. Packers rookie wide receiver Randall Cobb also won play of the year for his 108 yard kick off return against the Saints in the first game of the year. 108 yards ties an NFL record for the longest return.

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since his loss in the south Carolina primary Mitt Romney and his aids have carefully planned lines of attack against his opponent Newt Gingrich. Romney is now participating fully in his campaigns efforts to attack Gingrich's morals and raise doubts about his emotional stability. Romney's advisers decided that he should seize on questions about Gingrich's ethics charges that  he faced as the speaker of the house. he said that Gingrich had resigned his speaker ship in disgrace. Gingrich has painted these attacks desperate and riddled with inaccuracies. even with the attacks against Newt Gingrich, Romney has stuck mostly to issues.