Newton enjoys home cooking

Everyone knows Cam Newton has refined taste in clothing, and a teammate is helping him develop a more refined taste in food as well.

Newton got a cooking lesson from his teammate, Carolina Panthers CB Leonard Johnson, in a new video by The Players’ Tribune. Johnson even tailored the meal specifically for his quarterback, making seafood since Newton is a pescatarian.

“Not only is he a great football player,” Newton said of Johnson, “but to my surprise, during training camp, I found out that he’s an unbelievable cook. Not no ramen noodle, lucky charm, hot dog, you know what I mean? He’s got culinary skills.”

Last season was Johnson’s first with the Panthers. And in an attempt to make friends with his teammates, during training camp, he kept offering to cook for anyone on the team.

Newton took him up on the offer, and he’s glad he did. He gained a good friend, and Johnson made the point that it makes good business sense to cook at home, too.

Headlines

■ Janice Hough of LeftCoastSportsBabe.com, after the Rams unveiled their retro uniforms for the 2017 season: “Unfortunately for L.A. fans, the uniforms will have the same players in them.”

■ Blogger TC Chong, after the Texans unloaded QB Brock Osweiler on Cleveland: “Brock immediately sent Johnny Manziel a friend request.”

Elliott in trouble?

A video surfaced last week of Ezekiel Elliott exposing a woman’s breast in public during a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dallas over the weekend.

The video was obtained by TMZ and shows Elliott pulling down the top of a woman at a rooftop bar. TMZ contacted a representative of Elliott, who said the woman “wasn’t upset” by the move and it was “all in good fun.”

It does not appear Elliott will face any legal ramifications from the incident. During his time at Ohio State, Elliott was accused of domestic violence, but the charges were eventually dropped.

The Dallas led the league in rushing and was the fourth overall pick in last year’s NFL draft.

Mee-meep!

Ex-UW Husky receiver John Ross ran a 4.22 to break the NFL combine record for the 40-yard dash. On the downside, a coyote on roller skates wearing an Acme rocket jet pack is suddenly following him around.

■ Ross, to the NFL Network, on breaking the NFL combine record in the 40-yard dash but missing out on the prize of an island because he didn’t do it in Adidas cleats: “I really can’t swim that well. And I don’t have a boat, so, you know, I had to run in Nikes.”

More headlines

■ Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, after the Jets released center Nick Mangold after 11 seasons: “He played for so long that 14 ex- and current Jets quarterbacks can pick his butt out of a lineup.”

■ At TheKicker.com: “Report: Browns interested in drafting Alabama.”