Here are the top stories from Friday:
Johnny Manziel's father worried quarterback won't "live to see his 24th birthday." Meanwhile, Dallas police are investigating the domestic violence claim against Manziel, and former NFL QB Ryan Leaf says Manziel's situation seems similar to his own.
From Tim Keown's story on Cam Newton's time at a Texas junior college: "In the search for Polarizing Cam -- a concept his Panthers teammates find amusing, incidentally -- I spoke with several people at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where Cam played after two unsatisfying and admittedly controversial years backing up Tim Tebow at Florida.