The weirdest sub-drama of this year's combine is easily the circus surrounding the Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who is still recovering after a bizarre saga in which it was revealed his deceased girlfriend was an elaborate hoax.
The notion that today's sports journalism can be anything other than aggressive and tough-minded is now as fictional as Manti Te'o's imaginary girlfriend.
Earl Haig, who says he has received "hate mail" because of his father's reputation, says te perception that British troops were "lions led by donkeys" is extremely hurtful.
Te'o's grandmother did in fact die in September, according to Deadspin, but there is no Social Security Administration record of the death of the athlete's supposed girlfriend, described as a Stanford University student.